United States. Seventy-Four Badges, Ribbon Bars, Charms, Buttons

Item #EG1615b

$121

Includes: forty-eight Regimental Insignia Badges (all are fabricated from bronze with various colors of enamels, with various maker marks, in various sizes, four with a two-piece construction, the other forty-four with a one-piece construction, one with a horizontal pinback, twenty-two with a vertical pinback, twenty-three with a single screwback, two missing their screwbacks, intact enamels); one First World War Victory Medal Ribbon Bar (35.5 mm (w) x 10.3 mm (h), swing bar reverse); three Second World War Three-Ribbon Ribbon Bars (1. American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, World War II Victory Medal with one bronze star, 104.7 mm (w) x 11 mm (h), swing bar reverse; 2. American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, 106 mm (w) x 13 mm (h), dual push pin points reverse; 3. American Campaign Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal, 106 mm (w) x 10.5 mm (h), swing bar reverse); a U.S. Army Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge with two Clasps - PISTOL D, MACHINE GUN (sterling silver, marked "STERLING" and maker marked "N" within a circle on the reverse, 28.8 mm (w) x 56.3 mm (h) inclusive of its clasps, horizontal pinback); four U.S. Army Marksman Marksmanship Qualification Badges (silvered metal, 26 mm (w) x 28.2 mm (h), one with a clasp - PISTOL D, each with a horizontal pinback); two Massachusetts Chiropody Association Fiftieth Anniversary Badges 1906-1956 (bronze gilt, 25 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), one on a key chain); a Blarney Castle Grounds Ireland Charm Chain (bronze gilt charm with three leaf clover on the obverse, inscribed "Guaranteed Genuine Stone from the Original Blarney Castle Grounds Ireland" on the reverse, three charms attached to the accompanying 166 mm long chain (Blarney Castle, four leaf clover, small piece of stone from the castle grounds, loops at either end); a Selkirk's Service of Cobleskill, N.Y. Good Luck Charm (copper 1950 U.S. penny embedded in the centre of an aluminum horseshoe-shaped plate, 35.3 mm (w) x 40.7 mm (h)); a Franklin D. Roosevelt "A Gallant Leader" Lapel Badge (white face with image and text in black, union marked on the brass reverse, 20.2 mm, on a 21 mm long pin); an Epworth League Membership Badge (white metal, 17.7 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), horizontal pinback); an American Red Cross Blood Donor Lapel Badge (bronzed metal, 14.5 mm, on a 16.5 mm long pin); an Army Navy Production Award Lapel Badge (silvered metal with red, white and blue enamels, 23.7 mm (w) x 11.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback); seven Assorted Lapel Badges (four with enamels, in various sizes, four with buttonhole attachments, one with a vertical pinback, one with two icons hooked together); a Scouts Button (bronze, silvered metal core maker marked "S EISNER RED BANK N.J.", 15.2 mm, intact loop); and a Third Reich East Medal Ribbon Bar (15.5 mm (w) x 17.7 mm (h)). Ranging from 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.