Rare Span Am War Silver Citation Star document to noted officer
 Brigadier General William Mason Fassett, from Nashua, NH graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1892.   He had a distinguished career that included gallantry in the Spanish American War, commanding the 37th Division in WWI and post war service.  His awards include the Silver Star for Gallantry at Santiago and the Distinguished Service Medal in WWI with the 37th for "the forcing of the crossing of the Escaut River, Belgium, in November 1918, and the establishment of a bridgehead thereat,"
 I have to offer a rather rare original document awarding the Silver Citation Star to Fassett based on his Citation for Gallantry in Santiago!  The document preceded the later creation of the medal we now know as the Silver Star and would have been exemplified in uniform wear by a Silver Star mounted on the ribbon bar and drape of his Spanish Campaign Medal.
 The document is undamaged with light age only, it has been board mounted and period framed.  The photo's are of the document out of the frame.
Awarded to "William Mason Fassett, United States Army, was cited for gallantry in action during the Santiago de Cuba Campaign, 22 June to 17 July 1898."
 $400.00