Kesselring signature at auction

[Jeremy]

IMO, the Kesselring signature shown from the latest alexanderautographs catalogue is fake.

Any opinions welcome...

[Eric JB]

Hi Jeremy,

In my humble opinion not signed by Kesselring himself.

A close resemblance with the factory versions.

But hey with so many items listed everyone can make mistakes, and some more often than others.

Thanks for showing.

Best regards

Eric-Jan

[Jeremy]

ff

Yes, E-J, it is fake factory, well spotted.

Here are attached more examples of the fake factory style, including one with a fake factory Rommel.

[Jeremy]

more

Plus 2 more factory examples,,,

[Jeremy]

and more

And fake factory Kesselring with fake factory Goering, plus classic fake factory blank page signature.

[Eric JB]

Jeremy,

What you did post must be enough material for him to work with and to learn from.

Including the other threads on fake signatures.

Making mistakes is human and even after 30 years one is never too old to learn.

Best regards

Eric-Jan

[juoneen]

I posted a KVK award document once here that was signed by kesselring....I can't recall any more of it was on a thread started by someone else, or If I started it, but if you can find the posting it would be a good one to compare to....should be lots of examples out there to authenticate his signature...easier than adolfs...

[mufasa]

I have (to comparate) a Kesserling signature on a late (Jannuary 1945) kvk2 certificate....

[mufasa]

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[stgeorge64]

For comparison an example of a Kesselring signature on an EK 2 Urkunde, signed on 18-July-1941.

Regards Richard.

[stgeorge64]

.....and from the same document grouping the EK 1 Urkunde, signed by Kesselring on 27-August-1941.

It seems there is certainly a marked difference in between the signature on the award documents and those on the photographs shown.

Regards Richard.

[alexanderautogr]

Thank you, Jeremy.

We greatly appreciate it when astute collectors with a "good eye" catch items that escaped detection.

That lot will be pulled.