[Bommer]

THIS IS INTERESTING

I took both Kerry's Silver Star and Bronze star Citation papers. I copied them into Photoshop. I took both pages and lined them up and took the translucentcy down and lined up just the signatures, which is why the rest is blurry. The signatures (assuming they aren't a rubber stamp are identical

[new cruelty]

Hmmph. That is interesting. Probably just a rubber stamp.

[Frank_Discussion]

Sonuvagun!

[Mr. K]

hmmmmmmmm.... good work..


Isn't that usualy a sure sign of a forgery?

(unless it is a stamp or signing machine)

[Parthalan]

handwriting experts have confirmed that a single person will never sign a signature the EXACT way twice. This is a rubber stamp. The question is if the rubber stamp makes it legit in this case.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ain't no way that's "Chaffee"



Leh..... Yes.

[StriperSniper]

Hmmmmmmm.....

[Walkingfeather]

auto pen most likely

[TankerKC]

It is common to have a machine do the signing. I issue 150 certificates a month and don't "sign" a single one.

[BJungNan]

That is really, really interesting!

[R. Scott]

Most official signatures on orders and other large volume documents are made either with a stamp or a automated signature machine.

[msdrby]

Could have been done by machine. When I was in P-cola, I ran the machine that signed the admiral's signature to all of the graduation certificates. It could be an authentic signature, and is *his* signature, just not done *by* him, but rather, by a machine with a signature plate.

That said... I have NEVER received a medal with one of these signatures on it. All of my citations, and I don't have anything so lucrative as a Bronze or Silver Star, have been penned *by hand* by whomever is awarding the medal.