United States. Twenty-Three State Staff and Guard Badges

Arizona State Staff (bronze gilt with green and white enamels, maker marked ""N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK"" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 22.3 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), screwback); California State Staff (bronze gilt with red, green, copper and blue enamels, maker marked ""N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK"" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 32.7 mm (w) x 28.5 mm (h), screwback); 1st Indiana State Guard (laminated white plastic with gilt and black enamels, maker marked on the reverse, 23.3 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), vertical pinback); two Maryland Staff Staff (one is an ""error"" version, bronze gilt with red, white and black enamels, the other is ""correct"", bronze gilt with red, white, yellow and black enamels, each are maker marked ""N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK"" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 23.5 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), screwback); Mississippi State Staff (bronze gilt with red, white, green and black enamels, maker marked ""ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO MASS."" on the reverse, 23.7 mm (w) x 19.7 mm (h), screwback); New Hampshire State Staff (bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, maker marked ""ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO MASS."" on the reverse, 20 mm (w) x 25.7 mm (h), vertical pinback); two 74th Regiment New York Guard (both are bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, 22.5 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), one with a vertical pinback, the other with a screwback); two North Carolina State Guard (bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, unmarked, 22.3 mm (w) x 27.2 mm (h) each, vertical pinback); North Carolina State Staff (two-piece construction, bronze gilt with white and light blue enamels, maker marked ""ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO MASS."" on the reverse, 27.8 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), screwback); 1st Ohio Regiment State Guard (bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, maker marked on the reverse, 20.5 mm (w) x 26.5 mm (h), screwback); Ohio State Staff (two-piece construction, red, white, light green and dark green enamels, maker marked ""N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK"" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 29.5 mm (w) x 26.5 mm (h), screwback); three Oklahoma State Staff (each is bronze gilt with deep red, white, blue, yellow, green and light purple enamels, maker marked ""A.J. DENNISON & CO. RIVERSIDE, R.I."" on the reverse, 33.5 mm (w) x 29.2 mm (h), screwback); four Oregon State Staff (one is the 1st Issue - 41st Division, copper gilt, maker marked ""A.H. DONDERO, INC. WASHINGTON, D.C."", 28.8 mm, screwback; two are bronze gilt, maker marked ""A.H. DONDERO, INC. WASHINGTON, D.C."", 28.8 mm each, screwback; one is bronze gilt, unmarked, 24.2 mm, with a 26.3 mm brass support plate, screwback); Army Language School (bronze gilt with red, green and light blue enamels, maker marked ""N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK"" with the company's insignia and marked ""9M""within a shield on the reverse, 27.5 mm (w) x 28.3 mm (h), vertical pinback); and Military Order Guards (bronze gilt with blue, white and gray enamels, unmarked, 20.3 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), vertical pinback). Intact enamels, ranging from better than 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.