This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Aerial Protection League Badge, Gold Grade (two-piece construction, bronze gilt with blue enamels, unmarked, 55.5 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), horizontal pinback, scattered gilt wear); Aerial Protection League Badge, Silver Grade (two-piece construction, silvered bronze with blue enamels, unmarked, 54.8 mm (w) x 56 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Aerial Protection League Badge, Bronze Grade (two-piece construction, bronze gilt with blue enamels, maker marked ""B.H. GREEF BRUXELLES"" on the reverse, 55 mm (w) x 56 mm (h), horizontal pinback); and Squadron Badge (bronze gilt with red, white, black and brown enamels, unmarked, 42.5 mm (w) x 47.3 mm (h), dual screwbacks). 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.

