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Description: | (obverse) GEFANGENENLAGER MÜNSTER II
(reverse) 10
POW token currency issued in camp Münster Gefangenenlager II. Metal tokens supplemented paper issues that also circulated in the over eighty German prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War.
Index card note: Münster II. Prison Camp Currency. 10 Pfennig. Zinc.
Coin is located within coin cabinet 1 - 459A. The coin was previously allocated number 677.
A German 10 pfennig token, circular with small circular hole stamped out of the centre, the obverse features the denomination "10" encircled by legend "GEFANGENENLAGER MÜNSTER II", the reverse simply features an embossed "10" encircled by two concentric circles. | 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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