EK2 award document -- does this seem odd?

[norwest]

Posting this EK2 award doc because of what seems an odd entry to me. The location of the award is filled in as "Einsatsort," which seems to be a misspelling of "Einsatzort" or "Location." Do you think the intent was to be the same as "Im Felde"? Or did the typist take the instruction literally to "Fill in the blank with location?" Lol.

[Brian R]

The document is fake.

[norwest]

The document is fake.

Thanks Brian. Besides the oddity I mentioned, the letters of the last name are not spaced out, though I have seen genuine ones (according to Forman, anyway) typed like this. Is the stamp bad? Just wondering what attributes led you to the conclusion of fake. --Kevin

[Thomas H]

Just wondering what attributes led you to the conclusion of fake.

Hi Kevin,

A lot is wrong with this Urkunde. Paper, printing, stamp, signature, Abteilungskommandeur and the other typo you already mentioned.

Kind regards, Thomas

[tompress]

Apart of poor German language, the Iron Cross was awarded on division level or higher, not by Abteilungskommandeur

regards
Tomasz

[norwest]

Lol. Ok, so just a few details. No biggie.

This was one of the first things I ever got, with a lot of other things, and I've had it packed away for a long time. It seemed a little odd when I pulled it out the other day. Thank you guys for having a look.

--Kevin