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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rella, post: 1134854, member: 29931&quot;]Is it pitiful to keep replying to your own thread?... this is more of a blog.... a journey of discovery.&nbsp; Ok- So it seems that my great great uncle must have been a commissioner in 1919. He was a doctor- how did that work? I just don&#039;t know what to make of all this. Edited to update and hopefully release you all from my manic mision. I went back and checked Uncle Dick&#039;s obit. He was appointed to the commission during Wilson&#039;s term and served on it until his death in 1942. The obit says that he was chairman three years before his death. Chairman! The obit also said that he organized and was president of the bank in his town. So. Mystery solved. I would imagine that if he received other medals, they were spread&nbsp; through his family. He would have given this one to my grandmother because he raised her. Sigh. Now I can go to sleep. But then there is the 1838 5 kopek coin... and the...Ok, Ok. I set you free. I&#039;m going to shut up![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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