An 1817 Massachusetts Militia Commission Document To Brigade Major Lewis GTRexclude crimped hinge

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English inscription on the reverse

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with two reverse attachment prongs connecting to a ribbon for a 1914 Iron Cross

An 1817 Massachusetts Militia Commission Document To Brigade Major Lewis GTRexclude crimped hingeAn 1817 Massachusetts Militia Commission Document to Brigade Major Lewis Obverse inscribed "HIS EXCELLENCY John Brooks, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. To Philo Lewis, Esquire, Greeting: YOU being appointed on the twentyfirst day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, by the Brigadier General of the second Brigade, and tenth Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth, to be Brigade Major, &