Santa, I would like a Herman Germany Schaefer autograph for Christmas

[ss]

Here are 2 documents containing a total of 3 Schaefer signatures. 1918 US passport application and his 1918 draft card. Th passport application was signed twice, the draft card once.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Wonderful, Steve! I didn't find these when I was searching years ago. I did find his 1913 passport application for the Tour, but the page I found wasn't signed.

I wonder if I was unable to locate this particular draft card way back when due to the "William Herman". I remember "Herman A. Schaefer" being used and accepted for the longest time and could very well have not been searching using the true name. Does anyone recall when his full name was first discovered? As mentioned, I have a vague recollection of finding a draft registration but didn't save it, likely due to being unsigned or a damaged scan. There certainly are cases of some people/players filling out more than one of these. Again, this could be an incorrect memory; I searched for and found so many of them!

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by ss

Here are 2 documents containing a total of 3 Schaefer signatures. 1918 US passport application and his 1918 draft card. Th passport application was signed twice, the draft card once.

The “f” is way different than the BAS version; as is the second letter of first name “e”. This doesn’t help the case for authenticity.