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Quedlinburg Prisoner of War Camp, 1916, Group of Issued Notgeld

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:65.00 USD Estimated At:110.00 - 220.00 USD
Quedlinburg Prisoner of War Camp, 1916, Group of Issued Notgeld
SOLD
130.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Oct 24 @ 15:29UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Germany, 1916. Lot of 8 Issued POW Notgeld used in Quedlinburg Camp run by IV Army Corps out of Magdeburg, Lot includes: 1 Pfennig in brown, 5 Pfennig in purple, 10 Pfennig in green (2), 50 Pfennig in olive green, 1 Mark in red, 5 Mark in blue, and 10 Mark in olive green. Camp Quedlinburg was a prisoner-of-war camp located 2 kilometers north of Quedlinburg, Germany, during the First World War. It was built in September 1914. From 1914 to 1922, the camp housed 12,000 to 18,000 prisoners of war on average. During the war mainly Russian, French, Belgian and English, since 1917 also Italian soldiers were interned. From the beginning they were used to build up the camp and later as workers in labour detachments, especially in agriculture. Even after the war it was used as a transit camp. It was not until 1921 that the last Russian prisoners left the camp, whereupon it was burned down. 703 prisoners of war were buried on a special part of the Quedlinburg central cemetery. Notes are All are Uncirculated except the 10 Mark note which is in VF condition. (8). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.