50 Pfennig Bank Note for Oberhausen

Notes:

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.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Oberhausen, Finances, Script, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Wilhelm Doegen, "Kriegsgefangene Voelker," Berlin: Vertrag fuer Politik und Wirtschaft, 1921, Photo 26, 78B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/453