This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
General Service Cap Badge (in brown plastic, marked "1A" and maker marked "A. STANLEY & SONS WALSALL" on the reverse, measuring 37.7 mm (w) x 36.5 mm (h), both prongs intact); Grenadier Guards Cap Badge (in bronze gilt, measuring 38.5 mm (w) x 43.7 mm (h), both lugs intact); Irish Guards Collar Tab (in bronze gilt, measuring 42 mm (w) x 39.5 mm (h), both lugs intact, tip of the star point at 6 o'clock broken off); Norfolk Yeomanry George V Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 37.2 mm (w) x 29.5 mm (h), both lugs intact); Royal Air Force Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 39.3 mm (w) x 43.7 mm (h), both lugs intact); two Royal Army Medical Corps Cap Badges (one in bronze, measuring 30.2 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), intact slider; the other in bronze, measuring 30.3 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact); Royal Army Ordnance Corps Collar Tab (in bronze, maker marked "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 26.5 mm (w) x 33 mm (h), both lugs intact); Royal Artillery Collar Tab (in bronze, measuring 20.7 mm (w) x 33 mm (h), both lugs intact); and Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery Cap Badge (in bronze, measuring 23.2 mm (w) x 39.5 mm (h), intact slider). Ranging from fair 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.