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Anonymous

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Creation Date

1918

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This 50-Pfennig bill was used by Allied POW's in the prison camp in Oberhausen in the Rheinland. Prison camp script could only be used to make purchases inside this camp. The issuing of script was a security measure to prevent the financing of POW escapes or bribery of the guards.

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Germany, Oberhausen, Finances, Script, World War 1914-1918

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