I obtained this document - its a registration form for members of Roland Legion.
http://ukr-ww2.onestop.net/rolland.html
There is a bad pic of original document in a book. After I examined both docs, I found some discreptancies. Which I have numbered:
1. In my doc. the "I" in roman number "IV" is much higher than "V" - in original doc. both "I" and "V" are at the same level.
2. Number "1" is clearly different than in original doc.
3. Number "7" in registration number, is also different from original.
4. The signature is slighly different. Its also written in black, almost greyish ink.
5. Finally, the photo seems to be printed. When examining it closely, I can actually see the fine dots from a printer.
My opinion:
1 - 2. Ok, so for a whole legion, they surely had more than one typewriter - this could explain differences in type.
3. But how could registration number be different? Surely there must have been standart counter-stamp in German army.
4. I've heard that Germans used bluish ink and not black. Also, why is the signature a bit different? The Hauptman got tired signing 2000 docs and his singnature changed?
5. The guy seems to be some sort of a singer. Could it be that when asked for photo, he simply cut out his photo from some opera pamflet/graduation booklet..ect.? Is the stamp correct?
I would really appreciate the experts opinion on this.
P.S. For some reason I can't post pics on this forum, so here is a link, where I placed the documents:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=62118
http://ukr-ww2.onestop.net/rolland.html
There is a bad pic of original document in a book. After I examined both docs, I found some discreptancies. Which I have numbered:
1. In my doc. the "I" in roman number "IV" is much higher than "V" - in original doc. both "I" and "V" are at the same level.
2. Number "1" is clearly different than in original doc.
3. Number "7" in registration number, is also different from original.
4. The signature is slighly different. Its also written in black, almost greyish ink.
5. Finally, the photo seems to be printed. When examining it closely, I can actually see the fine dots from a printer.
My opinion:
1 - 2. Ok, so for a whole legion, they surely had more than one typewriter - this could explain differences in type.
3. But how could registration number be different? Surely there must have been standart counter-stamp in German army.
4. I've heard that Germans used bluish ink and not black. Also, why is the signature a bit different? The Hauptman got tired signing 2000 docs and his singnature changed?
5. The guy seems to be some sort of a singer. Could it be that when asked for photo, he simply cut out his photo from some opera pamflet/graduation booklet..ect.? Is the stamp correct?
I would really appreciate the experts opinion on this.
P.S. For some reason I can't post pics on this forum, so here is a link, where I placed the documents:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=62118
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