10-19-2004, 02:54 AM
I saw this on ebay. I actually placed a bid for about the minimum, because although I believed that it is probably fake, I thought that it would be interesting to have.
I would be interested in other opinions.
On the one hand, every fake K.G.B. identity card that I have seen from the modern era was of a completely different "novelty" item style. This example does look like the contemporary K.G.B. identity cards.
The things that caused me to think it a fake are:
1. The cover seems to have what looks to me to be excessive wear, as though done artificially. I just don't think that something carried in a jacket pocket would become this grimy.
2. The photo: it seems to have a white space at the lower right corner. I've never seen this before on an I.D. photo. My thought was that it might have been copied from another I.D. document, in which case the rubber stamp from that document would have been on it. So THAt part of the photo was covered when it was copied for this document, thus leaving the white corner.
3. The writing: All of the KGB documents of this type that I have seen have a beautiful script writing, almost like caligraphy in execution. this one looks like someone attempted to do it, but without success. The writing to me looks too...clumsy, I guess.
Also, shouldn't there be a number under the photo?
Anyone else have any thoughts ?
I would be interested in other opinions.
On the one hand, every fake K.G.B. identity card that I have seen from the modern era was of a completely different "novelty" item style. This example does look like the contemporary K.G.B. identity cards.
The things that caused me to think it a fake are:
1. The cover seems to have what looks to me to be excessive wear, as though done artificially. I just don't think that something carried in a jacket pocket would become this grimy.
2. The photo: it seems to have a white space at the lower right corner. I've never seen this before on an I.D. photo. My thought was that it might have been copied from another I.D. document, in which case the rubber stamp from that document would have been on it. So THAt part of the photo was covered when it was copied for this document, thus leaving the white corner.
3. The writing: All of the KGB documents of this type that I have seen have a beautiful script writing, almost like caligraphy in execution. this one looks like someone attempted to do it, but without success. The writing to me looks too...clumsy, I guess.
Also, shouldn't there be a number under the photo?
Anyone else have any thoughts ?
