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Good thread. A quick search of the net did bring up at least two more cards with the same name, but from the pictures it isn't easy to say whether they are fakes or not. Definitely worth checking before buying any "desireable" death cards and asking the seller for high resolution pictures before pulling the trigger on a deal.
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11-15-2022 01:44 PM
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The death card to Ewald would appear to be a print taken from an original. Check this link to see an image of the original death card, the photo being much higher quality than the one in the post above.
Tost, Ewald - TracesOfWar.com
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BlackCat1982
The death card to Ewald would appear to be a print taken from an original. Check this link to see an image of the original death card, the photo being much higher quality than the one in the post above.
Tost, Ewald - TracesOfWar.com
Good find! Honestly with how rough this one is in comparison it almost looks like a copy of a copy.
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Great post, really informative and something I never thought of being faked. It amazes me why someone would fake a Death Card but then again I suppose you could understand with an SS one given the market demand for SS/elite stuff. I shall always look with my loupe now prior to purchasing. Thanks for the post.
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A further observation on identifying good sterbebilder over fake/deception examples. During a quiet few moments over the festive season I was looking through some of my own sterbebild and noticed that I had 3 different cards that had identical print blemishes on the 1939 swastika image. To the beginner such visual anomalies might have raised concerns. However as I acquired these cards from a trusted source in Germany many years ago I know that although the 3 cards are from 3 different casualties they have one thing in common. All 3 came from the same state in Austria and were printed by the same printer. So they are original, but do show that there can be small anomalies when they were printed, the presence of such should not always be seen as a sign of suspicion.
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I've collected paper items all my life. I immediately take out a modern print. Some postcards you immediately see the difference between old and new and you also feel it. But most importantly you smell it.
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But where is the profit for the counterfeiter? From a normal Wehrmacht death card. That seems like a lot of effort to me.
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For a Wehrmacht card there really isn't any, but when you get an SS card like this one or the Knight's Cross card I posted previously, they tend to command a premium. Even if the card is only worth $30 when original, once the counterfeiter has a decent scan they can print as many as they want for pennies. Assuming they are smart and only list it a few times a year, with slightly different staining each time, they could easily make a few hundred dollars from a single scan without anyone noticing.
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