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JFK signed commendation

Wondering if anyone can give me any insight into the authenticity of this JFK military commendation. Not sure if these are generally autopenned, secretarial, or legitimately signed. Any experience or opinions welcomed!

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Permalink Reply by James on December 10, 2014 at 9:44pm

I know for a fact that these were autopenned. I've seen a few on eBay, and they all have the exact same signature, at least of the ones I've seen. And the one you present here is that same exact signature. I also did some research on these military commendations. Pretty much every President of modern times has autopenned these. I am sure there probably is an exception here or there, but pretty much these are autopen signatures. I think most families believe that the sitting President actually signed these, but that is not the case. I guess unfortunately we just have too many military men and women dying to be able to sign them all.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on December 11, 2014 at 12:19am

Agreed, 100% autopen

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Green on December 11, 2014 at 4:14am

Thanks, guys! I did a bit more research.... all Presidential Memorial Certificates are either pre-printed or autopenned. There are a bunch of Obama "signed" ones, and they are all exact. JFK apparently started the program of creating these for Veterans lost at war. Thanks for responding!