Canada, Commonwealth. A Commission Document, Named to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Peter MacRae Pangman, RCNVR, 1944

Canadian coat-of-arms at the centre top, embossed seal and stamped signature of Governor General, Major General The Earl of Athlone at the upper left, inscribed in running script: "By the Governor General and Commander in Chief of the Dominion of Canada / To "Mr. Peter MacRae Pangman" hereby appointed as "Temporary Sub-Lieutenant" in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve / By virtue of all powers me hereunto enabling. I do hereby constitute and appoint you a :Sub-Lieutenant" in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Charging and Commanding you in that rank, or in any higher rank to which you may be promoted, to observe and execute the General Printed Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service and all such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from Naval Service Headquarters or from your Superior Officers for His Majesty's Service. And likewise Charging and Commanding all Officers and Men subordinate to you according to the said Regulations Instructions or Orders to behave themselves with all due Respect and Obedience to you their Superior Officer. / Given under my hand and Seal at Arms / this "twenty-fourth" day of "August 1944" / in the "eighth" year of His Majesty's Reign.", inscribed at the lower right "By Command / Deputy Minister of National Defence for Naval Services (with the ministers' signature) / With Seniority of "8th April 1944" " and coded "N.V. 22 / 2500-2-43 (8654) / H.Q. 815-11-22", with the notation at the centre bottom "(This document become obsolete upon demobilization of Officer named hereon.)", printed in black ink, on a white paper stock, the personalized inscriptions in handwritten black ink (noted in quotation marks in the copy), measuring 390 mm (w) x 340 mm (h), lightly soiled. Very fine.