Guadalcanal SILVER STAR MEDAL Grouping

[Raidercollector]

So Kurt are you saying these are printed copies ? The one I had was a real signature. Can you compare one of yours to these.

 

Nick

[KASTAUFFER]

Here is one of the cards just for comparison. I'll take some pics of the other citations shortly.

 

 

 

 

 

[KASTAUFFER]

Here are 4 of the ones I have . 2 have real fountain pen signatures, 2 are printed signatures.

 

 

1st one

 

Real Signature

 

 

 

 

2nd one

 

Real Signature

 

 

3rd one

 

Printed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KASTAUFFER]

4th one

 

Printed

 

 

 

None of these have red ink signtures, but that in itself does not mean the Marine one is bad. I just have never seen one with a red signature.

 

Kurt

 

 

[KASTAUFFER]

As you can see here the printed ones match each other exactly. The real ones and the unknown one, all have slight variances which would lead you to believe they are not printed, or autopens.

 

[RustyCanteen]

Just to add, I believe there was also a copy of a August 1942 Guadalcanal invasion notice that was copied and sent out by Boys Town too if I remember correctly.

[lberte]

Kurt,

Letter from Flanagan to LeHand, FDR's secretary, and as you suspect he is asking for money--so the citation he encloses seems likely a copy made by Boys Town. Let me also say here that after comparing the Haggard v-mail to a bunch of my Dad's from N. Africa and Italy, I think that what I've got (ran across it in an antique store) is an early photocopy (or photostat) of the actual v-mail. My Dad's v-mails were on heavier paper and all have a thin crease line about 1/3 down where they were folded to be put into the little envelope. The Haggard is on lighter paper with no crease. But whoever printed it did it to the exact size of a v-mail.

[KASTAUFFER]

Thanks for posting that letter! I had a feeling that Boystown re-printed those knowing they also had with other documents.

 

Kurt

[Brig]

Multiple copies of citations are not unusual. I have a couple of paper intensive group with multiple copies of the same cert. One has 6 copies of his Bronze Star cert. Usually they aren't all named, but I believe multiple are in the case I mentioned

[KASTAUFFER]

Multiple copies of citations are not unusual. I have a couple of paper intensive group with multiple copies of the same cert. One has 6 copies of his Bronze Star cert. Usually they aren't all named, but I believe multiple are in the case I mentioned

 

During WWII the USN / USMC generally only issued 1 Temporary and 1 Permanent citation ( Signed copies ). Additional official copies would not be signed.

 

Kurt

[Stinger Gunner USMC]

I have an exact copy of the v mail letter. I think these may have been copied and distributed by the church or as part of a bond drive during the war. I've often wondered if it were real because of the dates and locations not being redacted by mail censors