Catherine II, Empresso of Russia

Partially printed Imperial warrant on vellum, signed ('Ekaterina'), promoting Ernest Friedrich Erzhemsky "who served Us as a Doctor in Medicine" to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Counselor to the Court, a few handwritten additions, one page, large waxed paper seal, folding marks, some soiling and age-related toning, folio, Saint-Petersburg, 28 November 1791; with an unsigned duplicate on paper, folding marks with a few short splits, light creasing (2)