This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Includes: Great Britain: thirty-five Civic Coat-of-Arms Badges (in silvered or bronze gilt with various colours of enamels, in various sizes, five with dual prongs, the other thirty without attachments); and five Coat-of-Arms Badges (in bronze, silvered or gilt bronze, die-stamped, in various sizes, one with a pinback); Netherlands: fifty-two Civic Coat-of-Arms Badges (in silver with various colours of enamels, each is marked "HOLLAND" on the reverse, measuring 16.2 mm (w) x 24 mm (h), dual prongs); and three Police Badges (in die-stamped bronze gilt, in various sizes, one with green oxidation on the reverse); Norway: Norwegian Police Badge (in bronze, measuring 60.5 mm (w) x 76.2 mm (h)); plus twenty-two Miscellaneous Nations Coat-of Arms Badges (in white metal, silvered or gilt bronze, die-stamped, in various sizes); and fifty-five U-shaped Brackets (various sizes). Intact enamels, ranging from very 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.