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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 29781, member: 59"]Don't get me wrong, Armando, you have a very impressive looking document with nice graphics. But the lithography is not technically an "original" (implying the first of it's kind.) It's a form for use by German-speaking congregations - in this case, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - with which to document a young person's Confirmation, a rite signifying his acceptance into membership in the church.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the hand-written information about young Ludwig Rudolph, was in fact, hand done at the time of his confirmation. But there were thousands of these printed, if not more. (Not "rarely" used at all.) If Ludwig was an important historical figure or if you happen to be related to him, it could have either monetary or emotional value, depending. But otherwise not a great deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm a little confused about what you said about the "preacher" being a very important person in "the German Church." Could you elaborate on where you got that information?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 29781, member: 59"]Don't get me wrong, Armando, you have a very impressive looking document with nice graphics. But the lithography is not technically an "original" (implying the first of it's kind.) It's a form for use by German-speaking congregations - in this case, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - with which to document a young person's Confirmation, a rite signifying his acceptance into membership in the church. Yes, the hand-written information about young Ludwig Rudolph, was in fact, hand done at the time of his confirmation. But there were thousands of these printed, if not more. (Not "rarely" used at all.) If Ludwig was an important historical figure or if you happen to be related to him, it could have either monetary or emotional value, depending. But otherwise not a great deal. I'm a little confused about what you said about the "preacher" being a very important person in "the German Church." Could you elaborate on where you got that information?[/QUOTE]
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