Sons of American Revolution War Service Medal, Span-Am War

Sons of the American Revolution. War Service Medal for the War with Spain 1898, engraved on the reverse of the eagle “R.J. Fitzgerald/Maj, Surg, 13th Minn Vol”.  This is the badge illustrated (#69h) in “American Society Medals”, by Lee Bishop and J. Robert Elliott, 1998.

Reynaldo J. Fitzgerald, from Minneapolis, is confirmed on the roll of the 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which saw heavy action around Manila.