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This membership card officially confirmed that Philip S. Martin was a member of Mennonite Denomination, and therefore exempt from military service during the Second World War. It serves a similar purpose to the certificates of protection issued in the First World War. Please find transcription below.

An aged document with handwritten entries — (Philip Martin Fonds, Mennonite Archives of Ontario.)

*The full text is transcribed.*

MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE (OLD ORDER)

No. 57 *St. Jacobs Ont. Sept 6 1940*

This is to certify that *Philip S. Martin* is a member of the Mennonite Denomination in full fellowship with the congregation worshiping at *Martins.*

As a member of the above religious organization, whose creed or principles forbid war or participation therein in any form, he pleads for exemption from military service.

*(signatures)*

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