Opinions about early group

[Nota Bene]

William,

That's why I have asked for complete scans - most likely the original information was bleached out from the booklet and fake entries added.

Alexei

[new world]

Colleagues,

It's official now - the awards have been added to the group.

Yesterday I talked to another collector who bought this group last year and ran research. The research confirmed that some awards have been added.

Best regards,
William

[jefflgarrison]

Add that seller to the list of those that will never have their doorway darkened.

[Kirchgoens]

Were any of the award notations original, or had they all been bleached out and rewritten?

Also, which awards were added post-facto? Just the LS ORB, or did the research indicate that maybe a couple of those wartime-serial numbered awards also belonged to someone else?

Is there any indication that photo was somehow faked/added later also? It doesn't seem to match the usual head-on "mug shot" aspect often seen in such photos.

Did you get a copy of the research that the other, previous owner-collector had done on this?

I think knowing a bit more about how it was done would be helpful for us all in identifying these in the future.

I guess if one collector proved it was a made-up set, that information would surely have been passed to the dealer. If so, is this a case of the dealer knowingly committing a mortal sin? Like in so many legal statutes, "intent" is often a very important factor.

...Brian

[new world]

Originally Posted by Kirchgoens

Were any of the award notations original, or had they all been bleached out and rewritten?

Also, which awards were added post-facto? Just the LS ORB, or did the research indicate that maybe a couple of those wartime-serial numbered awards also belonged to someone else?

Is there any indication that photo was somehow faked/added later also? It doesn't seem to match the usual head-on "mug shot" aspect often seen in such photos.

Did you get a copy of the research that the other, previous owner-collector had done on this?

I think knowing a bit more about how it was done would be helpful for us all in identifying these in the future.

I guess if one collector proved it was a made-up set, that information would surely have been passed to the dealer. If so, is this a case of the dealer knowingly committing a mortal sin? Like in so many legal statutes, "intent" is often a very important factor.

...Brian

I don't know all the details of the research, as I lost any interest in the group upon reading members' comments and learning the group was a put-together.

Previous buyer is a member of this forum, he can contribute more details if he wishes.

As for the seller, to sell the group with the knowledge it's not really a group - it's not just a mortal sin, it's an outright fraud!

William

[Nota Bene]

Originally Posted by new world

As for the seller, to sell the group with the knowledge it's not really a group - it's not just a mortal sin, it's an outright fraud!

William

I couldn't agree more!

Alexei