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1832 EAST INDIA COMPANY MILITARY COMMISSION [Signed]
Bengal: 1832. Original early 19th-century British East India Company military commission, issued in Bengal and appointing a medical officer during the height of British imperial expansion in India. Issued under the authority of Sir Edward Barnes, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty’s Forces in the East Indies. Barnes would later serve as Governor of Ceylon and remains a notable figure in British colonial military history. Signed to lower right by Barnes. Original wax seal intact. Document measures 15.25 in. x 9.75 in. Frame measures 17.75 in. x 12,25 in. Shelved at Rockville Room E (MW Box).
1410271
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Price: $900