Cool, I'm happy my little note helped.

Here's another little monkey wrench to throw into the mix. Could the birthday note have been written by his caregiver and not his wife?

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Tom C

I'll contribute. Here's my late era Marquard I bought from Richard Simon years back. It definitely does not appeared to be stamped and shows an infirmed hand:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...20Marquard.jpg