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2 Korona POW Camp, Kenyérmező
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Kenyérmező |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Cs. és K. HADIFOGOLYTÁBOR KENYÉRMEZŐ KÉT KORONA A HADIFOGLYOK LETÉTPÉNZEIBŐL. Kenyérmezőtábor, 1916. Január hó 15. |
| Reverse description | German-language face of the voucher on cream paper with matching light green guilloche underprint. "ZWEI KRONEN" is set in large red letterpress type at centre, with series and number printed in grey at upper left and right respectively. A red circular camp seal with the double-headed eagle appears at lower left and a second eagle medallion at lower right; three manuscript signatures are present above the boxed anti-counterfeiting warning. |
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Kenyérmező was one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's larger prisoner-of-war camp complexes, and like many such facilities it issued its own internal scrip to control the flow of currency among detainees. These camp notes — Lagergeld — existed specifically to prevent POWs from accumulating spendable money that might fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with local civilians. The 2 Korona denomination sits in the middle of what were typically small-value series designed for canteen use.
Documentation on the precise print run and issuing authority structure at Kenyérmező remains sparse in the philatelic literature.