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Hi All - A lady brought me a document her Dad sent home as a souvenir from a German building his unit occupied. She wants to know if the signature was personally signed, and the value of the document either way. The document is in a folder with only the gold eagle on front. The paper shows scattered age foxing. The signature is in blue ink, unlike the rest of the doc. I looked at it with a 10X loop and thought there was a tiny ink smudge where indicated in red. I could not detect the signature on the reverse of the document....Thank you for all help. - Bob
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One more.....The question I have is, would Hitler personally sign a blank award document?
Last edited by BadBob; 07/08/2010 01:16 AM.
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The best way to look at a signature is under a jewelers loop.A hand written signature will vary in thickness and pen pressure, whereas an auto pen will maintain constant pressure with no evidence of back filled letters and/or obvious inconsistencies
I would think that a real signature on a blank document would be highly unusual.
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I agree Doug. I've found a couple of examples of the blank document on another forum, and someone mentioned the signature on them is a facsimile. ...I have not found one offered for sale yet. In one 2007 post, Robin Lumsden said they were worth about £100, and hundreds of them were picked up at war's end.....Does anyone have an opinion on value?
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The auto pen blank document forms of all types used to be quite easy to get..blank!..now, a lot are being filled in with spurious names (a lot of high ranking award-ees)
This is a buyers market, so I would think that most blank docos could be picked up fairly inexpensively.
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Auto Pen definately. Many left at the end of the war, most in folders
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Thanks. I've passed the information on to the owner and she was appreciative.
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