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10 Fenigow Oflag II-C
| Issuer | Kasa Samopomocy Obozu Oflag II-C (Self-Help Fund of Oflag II-C) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on green paper by letterpress, the face displays a floral and foliate border surrounding the central text. Numerals '10' appear at left and right within the frame. The initials 'EP' (Eugeniusz Pichell) appear in the lower right corner. No watermark. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted green paper reverse, showing faint vertical line impressions from the printing process and no additional text or design elements. |
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Oflag II-C at Woldenberg held several thousand Polish officers captured during the 1939 September Campaign. The camp's internal scrip — issued by the prisoners' own self-help fund, not the German administration — formed a functioning micro-economy used to settle debts at canteen and between individuals, with denominations carefully calibrated to avoid any note having significant black-market value outside the wire.
Pichell designed and produced the series entirely within the camp. The printing was done by hand using improvised means — a remarkable feat of clandestine craft given that any unauthorized printing materials were contraband under German camp regulations.