DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.25, August 22, 1916. Military appointment of Euclid Frick to the rank of Colonel in the Medical Corps. Signed at the conclusion by Wilson, and countersigned by Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison. Matted to an overall size of 19.5 x 23. In very good condition, with scattered creasing, vertical folds (one through a letter of the signature. Large, ornate appointment with blue seal intact. This was signed six weeks after James Montgomery Flagg’s famous lithograph of Uncle Sam declaring “I Want You” was first published on the cover of Leslie’s Weekly, causing Wilson’s Committee on Public Information to enlist Flagg and other illustrators to design posters for the American War effort, Wilson signs a military appointment. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
