United States. Eleven Military Police Badges

Item #EG757

$140

27th Military Police Crime Lab (bronze gilt with bright green enamels, marked "P" within a circle on the reverse, 30.2 mm (w) x 40.7 mm (h), dual push pins); 62nd Military Police Highway Patrol Company (bronze gilt with green, orange and black enamels, unmarked, 34 mm (w) x 36.5 mm (h), dual push pins); 115th Military Police Battalion (silvered bronze with orange and black enamels, marked "P" within a circle on the reverse, 35 mm (w) x 31.5 mm (h), dual push pins); 168th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with blue, white and green enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 27.7 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), vertical pinback); 175th Military Police (silvered bronze with red, white, blue, green, bronze and black enamels, maker marked "DOMMER'S STUTTGART GERMANY" on the reverse, 27.5 mm (w) x 42.5 mm (h), vertical pinback); 384th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with orange and green enamels, unmarked, 28 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), dual push pins); 390th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with red, white, blue and black enamels, unmarked, 31.5 mm (w) x 34.5 mm (h), dual push pins); 540th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with green, white and black enamels, unmarked, 29 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), dual push pins); 570th Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with red, white, yellow and green enamels, unmarked, 32 mm, dual push pins); 742nd Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt green, brown and black enamels, marked "P" within a circle on the reverse, 31.2 mm x 29.7 mm (h), one of two push pins intact); and 782nd Military Police Battalion (bronze gilt with red, green, silver and black enamels, unmarked, 34 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), dual push pins). 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.