An 1817 Massachusetts Militia Commission Document To Brigade Major Lewis Newly Listed the obverse of the eagle

the obverse of the eagle is stamped with a maker’s mark of C

and Belgian WWII War Cross with bronze Leopold III Cypher Palm

with its period original full length ribbon

Constructed of a red cotton twill base with machine-stitched reinforcement throughout the edges and centre

sunken Japanese war ships and cargo ships

An 1817 Massachusetts Militia Commission Document To Brigade Major Lewis Newly Listed the obverse of the eagleAn 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, &