United States. An 1862 Military Commission, Signed by Abraham Lincoln certificate_of_authenticity each with a gilt button

each with a gilt button

the reverse presents a maker mark SY & WAGNER

six of which are groups

1918 at Winnipeg

United States. An 1862 Military Commission, Signed by Abraham Lincoln certificate_of_authenticity each with a gilt buttonAn engraved broadside measuring 470 mm (l) x 340 mm (w), appointing William H. Forbes to Commissioner of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain, Washington, 9 November, 1862. It was recorded by the Adjutant Generals Office on 10 March 1863. This letter is signed by the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, and Abraham Lincoln, as 16th President of the United States. The letter is accompanied by two table medals, bearing the profile of Abraham