An anti-counterfeit image feature (104) for laminated plastic cards used for identification and transaction having the appearance of a watermark. The present invention uses a microporous silica-filled polyethylene layer (101) that may be deformed (i.e., stamped by embossing or debossing) creating an image (105) that appears like a watermark through subsequently laminated layers (102, 103). The microporous silica-filled polyethylene (a.k.a. polyolefin) layer (101) may be embossed or debossed to create an image and subsequently laminated under defined parameters without marring the image (105) on the polyolefin layer (101). Furthermore, the image may be created with stamped holographic foil by either a cold or hot stamp process.
