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.
United States. A Lot of Twenty-Six Buttons and Patches
Item #EG1437b
Includes: Twenty-One Buttons: Votes for Women 1915 (measuring 21.7 mm in diameter, vertical pinback); Civil Defense National Security Award (measuring 22.3 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); United Service Organizations (measuring 20.3 mm in diameter, angled pinback); Dewey Warren (measuring 32 mm in diameter, vertical pinback); Wilkie and McNary (measuring 20.7 mm in diameter, vertical pinback); Wilkie for President (measuring 22.7 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Vet for Ike (measuring 23.8 mm (w) x 20.7 mm (h), tab gripper), Vets for Ike (measuring 19.7 mm in diameter, angled pinback); Mead and Lehman - American Labor Party Row C (measuring 23 mm in diameter, vertical pinback); Knights of Columbus (measuring 22 mm in diameter, vertical pinback); Kinsmen Club of East York Convention Attendee Identification (measuring 55.8 mm in diameter, without attachment); Rotary International Quebec Convention Attendee Identification (measuring 56 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Roman Catholic Cardinal (measuring 37.5 mm in diameter, without attachment); Canada Packers Safe Driver (measuring 32 mm in diameter, without attachment); I Gave to Fight Our No. 1 Enemy Cancer (measuring 22 mm in diameter, tab gripper); ""T"" (measuring 22 mm in diameter, without attachment); Furness Lines St. John's Newfoundland No. 3 (measuring 43.7 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Safety First - Prenez Garde (measuring 43.8 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Commando Pot Pourri de Charte - Chambre de Commerce des Jeunes 1944 (measuring 55.7 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Damien Boileau Limitee 283 (measuring 43.8 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback); Horseshoe Falls Niagara Canada (measuring 56 mm in diameter, mirror backer); and Le Chateau Frontenac Quebec (measuring 56 mm in diameter, mirror backer); and five Embroidered Patches: 9th United States Army (measuring 60 mm (w) x 63 mm (h); Tank Destroyer (measuring 70 mm in diameter); NRA (National Rifle Association) Member 1955 (measuring 77 mm in diameter); and two others (measuring 50 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) and 78 mm (w) x 115 mm (h)). Some with of the buttons with maker marks, ranging from fine to extremely fine.