2 Heller - Braunau KGL

2 Heller - Braunau (KGL) - obverse2 Heller - Braunau (KGL) - reverse

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Features

Location Austrian Empire
Type Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Years 1915-1918
Value 2 Heller (0.02)
Currency POW camp / Lagergeld - Krone (1914-1918)
Composition Zinc
Weight 1.2 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
168325
References Men05# 18523.2,
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland / Band 1. Ausgabeorte Aach bis Myszkowo (2nd edition). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Men22.2# 4327.2
Peter Menzel; 2022. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland, 1840 bis 2002 / Teil 1. Vorworte und Einleitung (Historische Hintergründe) : im In- und Ausland (dritte überarbeitete digitale Ausgabe). Wertmarkenforum, Bernd Thier, Münster, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Locality

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* K G L *
BRAUNAU A INN

Reverse

Value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2
HELLER

Edge

Smooth

Comments

The camp was buit 1915 in Haselbach, just east of Braunau, and hosted up to 24 000 prisoners during the WWI.
Tokens exist up to 50 Heller, as well as marks for cloth having 4 holes at the edges.

Menzel: CCC

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1915-1918)  70 400

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