Thanks BillCA
- You guys are good on this forum. You gave a lot of information in your short reply. The date you provided makes it older than I thought, but puts it squarely in my Grandfather's original posession. He was a coal miner and WWI veteran in Southern Illinois during a bloody confrontation period between the UMW, mine owners and "scabs" and probably felt he needed it to protect his family. Interesting addition to my genealogy knowledge.