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2 Kronen Antalócz PoW Camp
| Issuer | Industriegruppe der 12. Abt. des k. u. k. Kriegsministeriums Antalócz |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper with black letterpress text in German and Russian. The title KASSA-SCHEIN. is printed in bold across the top, with denomination in both languages at left and numeral 2 KRONEN. at right. A plain circle underprint occupies the centre; redemption conditions appear in two columns at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Industriegruppe der 12. Abt. des k. u. k. Kriegsministeriums Antalócz. KASSA-SCHEIN. ZWEI KRONEN. ДВА КОРОНЪ. 2 KRONEN. Dieser Kassa-Schein wird den hierorts befindlichen Kriegsgefangenen gegen Vorweisung auf die Hand in Gesetzmässiger Wehrung nur bei obiger Abteilung eingelöst. По предявлению, эта квитанція будетъ розменяема мѣстнымъ военноплѣннымъ законноустановленіями деньгами въ высше сказаной кассы. |
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Antalócz was one of several Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war labor camp installations that issued their own internal scrip during the First World War, administered under the k.u.k. War Ministry's industrial labor groups. These Lagergeld notes functioned as a closed monetary system — prisoners received wages for compelled labor, which could only be spent within the camp canteen, preventing any accumulation of spendable currency that might finance escape attempts or contact with the outside population.
The issuing authority — the 12th Department's industrial group — points to organized labor exploitation rather than simple internment. Campbell's listing remains sparse on surviving population data.