Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16, July 28, 1898. President McKinley appoints Richard Comba as “Colonel of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Crisply signed at the conclusion by President McKinley and countersigned by Secretary of War Russel A. Alger. The blue seal affixed to the lower left remains intact with dings to a few points. Tightly rolled with scattered creases, light soiling, and a tear to the upper left corner, otherwise fine condition. Comba first enlisted in the military in 1855 and was a career soldier, distinguishing himself at Little Round Top and in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg. He went on to fight in the West as command officer in the famed Col. John Gibbons Montana Column which participated in both the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Battle of the Big Hole. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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