World War I-dated partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.5 x 19.25, January 25, 1916. President Wilson appoints Winfield S. Pugh, Jr., as a "Surgeon in the Navy, with the rank of Lieutenant Commander." Signed at the conclusion by Woodrow Wilson, and countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. The blue Navy Department seal remains affixed to the lower vignette. Matted to an overall size of 20.5 x 23. In very good to fine condition, with overall wrinkling and rippling, the signature several shades light, and the blue seal torn and lifting from document.
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