Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, July 27, 1916. President Wilson appoints Henry S. Brinkerhoff as “Captain of Infantry in the service of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Wilson and countersigned by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Also signed in the upper left by Adjutant General H. P. McCain, Senator John McCain’s uncle. Complete blue War Office seal affixed to the lower left, although the bottom of it has become unadhered. In very good condition, with heavy central vertical and horizontal storage folds, some foxing and soiling to the lower right, and a clipped lower left corner. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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