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10 Pfennig Gefangenenlager
| Issuer | Gefangenenlager Langensalza (Prisoner of War Camp, Langensalza) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed in blue on plain white paper within a single-rule border frame. The central design consists of an ornate guilloche vignette with interlaced geometric latticework and scrolled cartouche ends, bearing the denomination numeral '10' in large bold black Fraktur type at left and right, with the spelled-out value 'Zehn Pfennig' inscribed across the centre of the vignette. The upper left carries the restrictive legend 'Nur Gefangenengeld' in Fraktur script, while a numbered serial box appears at upper right. The issuing authority inscription 'Gefangenenlager Langensalza.' appears in Fraktur at lower left, with a handwritten signature in a ruled box at lower right. A circular embossed dry seal is visible at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nur Gefangenengeld Zehn Pfennig 10 Gefangenenlager Langensalza. |
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Langensalza — officially Bad Langensalza, in Thuringia — operated a significant prisoner of war camp during the First World War, holding primarily French and Russian captives. Camp scrip of this type was introduced across German POW facilities under military administration directives that prohibited prisoners from holding Reichsmark currency, both to prevent escape financing and to control internal camp economies. The Langensalza notes were produced locally rather than through any centralized printing authority, which accounts for the relatively crude manufacture common to this series.
The embossed seal and manuscript signature were the camp commandant's primary anti-counterfeiting measures — primitive by any standard, but adequate when the scrip's only valid redemption point was the camp canteen.