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5 Cent Amersfoort; Prins Willem III Kazerne
| Issuer | Cavalerie-Mess, Prins Willem III Kazerne, Amersfoort |
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| Year | 1950-1959 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed voucher on grey paper. The issuer name 'Cavalerie-Mess / Prins Willem III Kazerne / Amersfoort' appears at top in black text, with the denomination '5 CENT' in bold at centre. Printer's imprint of Drukkerij B. Kramer, Amersfoort appears at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cavalerie-Mess Prins Willem III Kazerne Amersfoort 5 CENT DRUKKERIJ B. KRAMER - AMERSFOORT (Translation: Cavalry Mess, Prince William III Barracks, Amersfoort. Printing house B. Kramer - Amersfoort.) |
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Military mess tokens in paper form are unusual enough; a cavalry mess issuing its own fractional scrip in postwar Netherlands is genuinely rare. The Prins Willem III Kazerne in Amersfoort was a major Dutch cavalry garrison, and small-denomination canteen notes like this one circulated exclusively within the mess to handle low-value transactions — beer, coffee, minor purchases — where coin shortages or simple accounting convenience made internal scrip practical. Drukkerij B. Kramer was a local Amersfoort printer, not a security press, which shows in the modest production values typical of Dutch military canteen issues of the period.