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1 Piast Oflag II-D
| Issuer | Bank Obozu II D (Oflag II-D POW Camp Bank) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OBOZU II D SERIA A 1 PIAST 1 PRAWNY ŚRODEK PŁATNICZY W OBOZIE II D 16 X 44 ZARZĄD: |
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| Protection type | Handstamp |
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Oflag II-D was a German prisoner-of-war camp for Polish officers located at Gross Born (now Borne Sulinowo) in Pomerania. This 1 Piast note was issued by the camp's own internal "bank" — a functional institution that allowed captive officers to conduct controlled transactions within the wire, a system the Germans permitted under the Geneva Convention's provisions for officer camps. The Piast was the unit of account specific to this camp; it had no value outside it.
The handstamp security feature is the only authentication device — unsurprising given the production circumstances. Camp scrip of this type was produced under significant material constraints, and the issuing authority existed only as long as the camp did.