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Description: | (obverse) 10 OFFIZIER GEFANGENENLAGER STRALSUND-DÄNHOLM
(reverse) 10
POW token currency for use by British POW's in the officers only Stralsund-Dänholm camp. Metal tokens supplemented paper issues that also circulated in the over eighty German prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War.
Part of a collection of token coinage issued to POW's during the First World War.
A German issue 10 pfennig token for use by British POW's, the token is circular and made from zinc, both sides feature an embossed denomination "10" in centre, the obverse additionally features a legend that encircles the denomination which reads "OFFIZIER GEFANGENENLAGER STRALSUND-DÄNHOLM". | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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