All
effects and articles of
personal use, except
arms,
horses,
military equipment and
military documents shall remain in the
possession of
prisoners of war, likewise their
metal helmets and
gas masks and like articles issued for
personal protection.
Effects and articles used for their
clothing or
feeding shall likewise remain in their
possession, even if such
effects and articles belong to their
regulation military equipment.
Badges of
rank and
nationality,
decorations and articles having above all a
personal or
sentimental value may not be taken from
prisoners of war.
Sums of
money carried by
prisoners of war may not be taken away from them except by
order of an
officer, and after the
amount and particulars of the
owner have been recorded in a
special register and an itemized
receipt has been given, legibly inscribed with the
name,
rank and
unit of the
person issuing the said
receipt. Sums in the
currency of the
Detaining Power, or which are changed into such
currency at the
prisoner's
request, shall be placed to the
credit of the
prisoner's
account as provided in Article
64.
The
Detaining Power may
withdraw articles of
value from
prisoners of war only for
reasons of security; when such articles are withdrawn, the
procedure laid down for sums of
money impounded shall apply.
Such
objects, likewise the sums taken away in any
currency other than that of the
Detaining Power and the
conversion of which has not been asked for by the
owners, shall be kept in the
custody of the
Detaining Power and shall be
returned in their
initial shape to
prisoners of war at the end of their
captivity.