United States. A Lot of Forty-Seven 27th Division Badges

Item #EG1408

$185

United States; Includes: one Artillery, three Aviation, three Headquarters New York, three Medical, four Military Police, one Ordnance, one Replacement Company, three Signals, four Tank, four 51st Cavalry Brigade, three 52nd Cavalry Brigade, two 52nd Field Artillery Brigade, two 53rd Infantry Brigade, three 54th Infantry Brigade, one 71st Field Brigade, two 87th Infantry Brigade, four 93rd Infantry Brigade, one 102nd AAA Brigade, one 102nd Ordnance Company and one 102nd MTCL. All are fabricated from bronze with various colors of enamels, incorporating a two-piece construction, with various maker marks, in various sizes, four with vertical pinbacks, forty-two with screwbacks, one missing its screwback, intact enamels, 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.