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6 Pence Peveril Internment Camp
| Issuer | Peveril Internment Camp |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink paper canteen voucher printed in black letterpress on a pink stock. The title "Canteen Voucher" appears at upper left in bold serif type, separated from the body text by a thin rule; the denomination "6d" is set in large bold type at centre. A handstamped purple legend reading "DETAINEES No" runs vertically along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on the same plain pink paper stock as the obverse, with no text, ornamentation, or security devices. |
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Peveril Camp, located near Peel on the Isle of Man, held Category B and C civilian internees during the Second World War — largely German and Austrian nationals, including a significant number of Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution only to be interned by the British government under Defence Regulation 18B. The camp's internal currency was a practical measure to prevent internees from accumulating sterling, which could theoretically be used to fund escape or passed to outside contacts.
Isle of Man internment scrip is notoriously difficult to attribute with precision — production was rudimentary, official records are fragmentary, and multiple camps issued their own denominations concurrently.