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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JewelryPicker, post: 9570420, member: 20513&quot;]Found in an auction box lot with some US and UK WWII items and a couple WW1 photos</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo depicts Gen Patton standing in a Jeep in front of the 301st Combat Team, 94th Infantry Div, 3rd Army at Strakonice, CZ</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo paper is Velox and the back has a full description including date 17 JUL 45 and the name of the photog T/5 William Norbie of the 165th photographic Co, US Army Signal Corps.&nbsp; A Sensor’s stamp is also present, but hardly legible, dated 20 Jul 1945</p><p><br /></p><p>The Jeep he is riding in bears the name “War Eagle!” Presumably a search term that may help me discover more about this photo.&nbsp;&nbsp; I found the identical image as a curiosity among Auburn University chat rooms, since this image appears in a book pertaining to the University history and some folklore that the Jeep’s name was a hat tip to Auburn Univ Athletics “war cry”.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also found that the photographer credited with the photo was mentioned in a biography about another WWII photographer.&nbsp; The book mentioned that William Norbie had been awarded the Bronze Star for actions in combat while serving as an Army Photographer </p><p><br /></p><p>I present all this information, because that’s all I can find.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>so I ask the antiquers military experts… do I possibly have an original photograph of Gen Patton?</p><p><br /></p><p>it is definitely not a print, as it lacks the dot matrix</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize there is an entire counterfeit market for war photos, and my assumption would lean towards fake just from a standpoint of caution.&nbsp; But yet there seems to be a bit of authenticity that keeps me wondering</p><p><br /></p><p>photo measures 5-1/8” x 4”</p><p><br /></p><p>thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]459799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]459800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]459801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]459802[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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