Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 19.75, October 22, 1907. President Roosevelt appoints Gaston D. Johnstone as “a Lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy.” Signed at the conclusion by Roosevelt and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf. The blue seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases, and heavy soiling and paper loss to lower left. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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