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Certificate Quality & Authenticity
All Certificates are personalized based on the amount of information
you provide to me.
Each certificate is personally processed by me and inserted into a
clear glassine protector prior to shipping.
Reinforcement is added to the envelope so the your certificate (s) will
arrive intact regardless of how the Post Office handles them, I guarantee
they will not be wet, bent or creased.
Printing Process:
Effective 21 June 04 - I am now using an offset
printing process. All images are printed in 4 color separation using
waterproof ink. This process produces a glossy, crisp, raised image which
reflects light and will never fade or wash out.
Personal Award Certificates are printed on a 28# Ivory Parchment -
which is slightly yellowed or off white in color
Foreign Award Certificates are printed on 24# Aged Parchment - which
has a slight brownish tint to it.
Training Certificates are printed on 24# Ivory Parchment which is a
little brighter than the 28# Ivory
Law Enforcement Certificates are printed on a 24# crisp white Parchment.
Personal Award certificates are exact reproductions of the original.
These certificates are of such a high quality, that from 5
feet away you can't tell them from the originals.
The Poor-Mans Shadow Box Certificate is printed on 65 # white Parchment,
which was selected because of its ability to reproduce a very high quality
photo image. Each certificate is unique to the individual and each
certificate takes me from 1 to 2 hours to complete.
Authenticity
In some cases you'll see certificates that were never issued to you by the
government, such as unit award certificates. However The government did
issue unit award certificates to the unit HQ's, and these certificates are
reproductions of those.
I
was a retired graphics Designer when I started this business, my original
intent was to replace my own certificates that were lost in a Tornado
several years ago, this has evolved to what you see here today, and I'm
presently providing certificates to Active Duty as well as Veteran
Military personnel.
I
also do freelance graphics work for Paramount Pictures and you will see
some of my Certificates in the remake of "The Manchurian Candidate"
staring Denzel Washington.
Many government issue certificates have changed over time and I may be
only showing an older version when I actually have both in inventory. Your
certificate will be correct to its issue date.
By the way, if you see something that isn't correct to it's issue, please
feel free to email me with the suggested changes.
note - I no longer print Certificates on Bordered
Parchment unless requested, however you may still see a few samples on the
web site that I haven't yet replaced.
Semper Fi,
Bob Neener SGT USMC
Vietnam Golf 2/9 - Lima 3/3 1965-1966
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