30. Certificate of decoration in silver to Bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore for long service in the 22nd Regiment of Infantry. [Service dating from October 1, 1873 as No. 23?]; committee signature 1891[?]. Mounted in mat.
The text reads:
Twenty-Second Regiment of Infantry,
NGSNY
Know ye that Band Master Patrick S. Gilmore having served in this regiment for a period of Fifteen Years and upwards is entitled to the decoration of the Long Service Medal of the Twenty second Regiment in Silver pursuant to the rules and regulations establishing the same.
New York, October 1st 1873
No. 23.
[Signed] 1891
