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10 Mark Gefangenen-Lager
| Issuer | Gefangenen-Lager Chemnitz |
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| Value | 10 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper within an ornate floral and foliate guilloche border with corner rosettes, the obverse centres on an oval underprint cartouche bearing the numeral "10" and flanked by the bold black letterpress legend "ZEHN MARK". The issuing authority inscription "Gefangenen-Lager" appears at the top with "Chemnitz." below the central vignette, corner numerals "10" at each angle, and two Imperial German eagle arms printed at lower left and right. The disclaimer "Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel." runs along the lower margin beneath the eagle vignettes. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gefangenen-Lager GUT FÜR ZEHN MARK Chemnitz. Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel. |
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Prisoner-of-war camp currency issued at Chemnitz during the First World War, printed locally by Alexander Wiede — a Chemnitz commercial printer with no particular specialization in security printing. The German military ran a decentralized camp scrip system, leaving individual facilities to arrange their own note production, which is why the quality and format of Lager currency varied so dramatically from camp to camp. Wiede's involvement here reflects that improvised supply chain rather than any considered procurement decision.
Camp scrip at this denomination circulated exclusively within the wire. Repatriated prisoners had no legal mechanism to redeem it.