United Kingdom. A Hand-Book of the Orders of Chivalry, War Medals & Crosses with their Clasps & Ribbons and other Decorations, with Illustrations by Charles Norton Elvin, c.1892

A Hand-Book of the Orders of Chivalry, War Medals & Crosses with their Clasps & Ribbons and other Decorations, with Illustrations, by Charles Norton Elvin, published in London in 1892 by Dean & Son, red cloth hardcover with gilt decoration, with a chromolithographed title-page, unpaginated, with 30 plates, almost all chromolithographed, measuring 19 cm (w) x 25.4 cm (h), presenting many loose pages and mild soiling, and in overall good condition.

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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.