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5 Mark Wiesa; Officer PoW Camp

Features

Location Germany (1871-1948)
Emperor William II (1888-1918)
Type Confinement vouchers › Internment and prison vouchers
Year 1916
Value 5 Mark
Currency Papiermark (1914-1923)
Composition Papier
Shape Prostokątny
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
567371
References Camb# 3604
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

(en) Black print; green underprint. Hanstamped.

Saxony coat of arms at left.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
5
OFFIZIER-GEFANGENEN-LAGER
WIESA BEI ANNABERG
Der Kriegsgefangene, Inhaber dieses Gutscheines, erhält bei seiner Entlassung nach der Heimat oder Ueberweisung in ein anderes Lager gegen Rückgabe den Betrag von FÜNF MARK von der Verwaltung für Gefangenengeld des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Wiesa bei Annaberg ausbezahlt. Der Schein gilt nur innerhalb des Lagers.
Postoffizier
Leutnant
Wiesa bei Annaberg, 1. Januar 1916.
Kommandant
Rittmeister
JOHANNES PÄSLER DRESDEN-N.

Reverse

Puste.Automatically translated

Printer

Johannes Pässler, Drezno, Germany

Comments

(en)

Weisa Bei Annaberg was home to a POW camp located in the Erzbirge in Saxony during the Great War.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1916-Jan-01 

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