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2 Pfennigs Großporitsch; PoW Camp

2 Pfennigs (Großporitsch; PoW Camp) - obverse2 Pfennigs (Großporitsch; PoW Camp) - reverse

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Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Type Confinement vouchers › Internment and prison vouchers
Year 1916
Value 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02)
Currency Papiermark (1914-1923)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
393832
References Camb# 3044
Lance K. Campbell; 1993. Prisoner-of-War and Concentration Camp Money of the Twentieth Century (2nd Edition). BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, United States.

Obverse

Translation: Prisoner of war camp Groß-Poritsch. The prisoner of war, holder of this voucher, receives upon his release to his homeland or transfer to another camp against return the amount of TWO PENCES. The administration for prisoner money of the war prison camp Gross-Poritsch paid out. This only applies within the warehouse. Great Poritsch, February 1, 1916.

Reverse

Blank.

Comments

Gross-Poritsch was a World War I Prisoner of War camp near Dresden.

Groß-Poritsch/Großporitsch, today Porajów (Poland)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1916-Feb-01 

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