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Coins

This type of organisation was also
used in German military prison
camps after 1914, to prevent the
money provided from being used
outside the camp in the event of an
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escape.
The same applied to civilian intern-
ment camps. The token shown
here comes from the prisoner of
war camp (POW) assigned to the
port of Saint Nazaire. (img 7, 8)

A unique catalogue was produced
by Roland Elie before his death in
2008. Its 335 pages provide an in-
ventory of these tokens, classified
by type and regiment. These are re-
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presented in the form of rubbings.
Available on the Delcampe website,
it provides insight into how these
regiments operated day-to-day,
and is the only document that pro-
vides a regional perspective on this
unique and original numismatic ac-
tivity.

ACJM (acjm@orange.fr), the book’s
publisher, are always interested in
the discovery or identification of
«military» tokens that have not yet
been recorded.

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