United States. A Washington Headquarters Association Breast Badge in Gold, c.1920

A fine award, delicately crafted 14k Gold with blue and white enamels, weighing 5.9 grams inclusive of its ribbon and gold hanger, reverse engraved in running script ""Ellen Hall Crosman No. 41"", maker marked ""J.F.-N.Y."" and marked ""14K"" (Gold), measuring 27.5 mm (w) x 30.7 mm (h), original ribbon with hanger engraved ""1776-1904"", the hanger with pinback, intact enamels, extremely fine.

Footnote: Like most nineteenth-century women, Ellen Hall Crosman left behind little written material. Census records provide the basic structure of her life; she was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania in 1847. She married James Heron Crosman in Allegheny City on April 25, 1872 and moved with her new husband to New York where he worked as a stockbroker. According to the census and social directories, the family lived in New York City and the surrounding suburbs, including New Rochelle and Tarryton. Ellen raised four children, served as the vice-president general of the New York chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), founded the National Society Patriotic Women of America, occasionally appeared in the society pages of New York newspapers, as well as being a member of the Washington Headquarters Association. Ellen Hall Crosman’s recipe book fills in her life story. She collected recipes for cakes, pickles, punch, sauces, candies, and other dishes. Since she recorded more information than ingredients and cooking time, her recipe book serves as an autobiography, providing information about her travels, friend and kinship networks, club work, and her efforts to nurture her family. Most of Ellen’s recipes are not only attributed to an individual source, she also provides the location and date.

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.