This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Includes: five First War badges: 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia" CEF Cap Badge (white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper base, maker marked "TIPTAFT B'HAM" on the reverse, measuring 43.5 mm (w) x 44.2 mm (h), both lugs intact); 213th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Americans" Collar Tab (in browning copper, maker marked ""GEO. H. LEES & ELLIS BROS."" on the reverse, measuring 25 mm (w) x 27.2 mm (h), both lugs intact); Canada General Service Cap Badge (in pickled copper, maker marked "GEO. H. LEES & Co. 1915" on the reverse, measuring 37.3 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact); Canada General Service Collar Tab (in pickled copper, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 26.5 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), both lugs intact); and Canada Shoulder Title (in browning copper, maker marked "RODEN BROS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 51 mm (w) x 14.2 mm (h), both lugs intact); along with four Second War badges: Royal Regiment of Canada Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 45 mm (w) x 55.7 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact); Royal Canadian Artillery Cap Badge (in red bronze, maker marked "J.R. GAUNT LOND." on the reverse, measuring 65 mm (w) x 47.2 mm (h), both prongs intact); Royal Canadian Engineers Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 47.3 mm (w) x 49.3 mm (h), both prongs intact); and Canadian Army Dental Corps Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 31.5 mm (w) x 42.8 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact). Ranging from very fine to extremely fine.
This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by Dr.Goodwin between 1946-1967. Dr. Goodwin had a successful career as an educator and prominent physician in New York as well as actively serving in both World Wars with the United States Medical Corps. He acted as both President and Vice-President of the Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA) and is responsible for organizing their first convention in 1960. He maintained further membership with the American Society of Military Collectors, the International Orders Research Society, and the American Numismatic Society. His knowledge and passion for history and awards is evident in this meticulously compiled collection that is now available in its entirety for the first time exclusively on eMedals.com.