A three quarters portrait of Michael Ellis depicted as Sergeant, Company C, 28th Infantry, 1st Division. An oil portrait on an illustration board. A white man, Sergeant Ellis has bronw hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a brown overcoat holding a steel helmet. There is no military insignia or identification marks on him. Sergeant Ellis won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Silver Star. The portrait takes up the whole board and is mostly done. Some wear and tear on the edges particularly the lower corners where some flaking has occurred.
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