^Lot 122 Woodrow Wilson

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 20, November 28, 1916. President Wilson appoints Gordon G. Nelson a “First Lieutenant in the Infantry Officers Rescue Corps of the Army of the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Wilson and countersigned by Secretary of War Newton Baker. Less commonly found on Wilson documents, Newton Baker was Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921. In very good condition, with scattered creasing, wrinkling, and soiling, edge dings, a mild shade of overall toning, and seal mostly missing. Rolled.