'Censoring' of award certificate recipients on dealer sites?

[bratwurstdimsum]

I'd like to ask an opinion out there in the community, why do sites like D.Niemann redline the names of urkunde recipients on their sales? Surely it would legitimise the sale if the name was on there?

Anyone with access to Die ordenstrager der Deutchen Wehrmacht or similiar can tell who the recipient is...eg. this one must be RKT Max Kl******252;ver there are only 2 dkigs for this date for this unit and one of them did not 'make the grade' to RKT.

[Hank C.]

I'm guessing it is due to the surviving family's request. Not all of them are blocked out, and not all of them are this easy to research....

Hank

[kennethc]

Also, to protect the buyer.. you don't know to see the "similar" awards flooding the market after 3 months.....