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HARRY S. TRUMAN

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HARRY S. TRUMAN
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>HARRY S. TRUMAN </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>DS as President, 1p, 4to, Washington, [Apr 9, 1946]. “Citation For The Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire.” On White House letterhead, In full, “...<i>Lieutenant Colonel Igor Nikolaievich Smirnov, while serving as Second in Command, 86th Guard Rifle Division, Red Army, demonstrated exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, and contributed materially to the success of combined operations against the common enemy in Europe</i>.” Boldly signed. Accompanied by the Russian officer’s Legion of Merit certificate with colorful embossed medal and signed by Secretary of War </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Robert P. Patterson</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> and the Adjutant General of the Army. Penciled notes in top margins of both documents, o/w Fine.</span></p>