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Base Navale de Karouba (Naval Base at Karouba, Algeria) (in bronze gilt with white and ultramarine blue enamels, maker marked ""DRAGO-PARIS-NICE"" and marked ""DÉPOSÉ"" (Deposit) on the reverse, 58.2 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Bâtiment (Vessel) Pasteur (in bronze gilt with red, white, mid-tone blue and dark blue enamels, maker marked ""A. AUGIS-LYON"" on the reverse, 41 mm (w) x 23.7 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Bâtiment (Vessel) P41- Vikings (in silvered and bronze gilt with with dark blue enamels, maker marked ""DRAGO-PARIS-NICE"" on the reverse, 29 mm (w) x 35.8 mm (h), vertical pinback); Chausseur (Hunter) 91 Ariane (in silvered and bronze gilt with light blue, ultramarine blue, white and black enamels, maker marked ""A. AUGIS LYON"" on the reverse, 27.7 mm (w) x 30.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Marine Côté Francais des Somalis (Marine French side of Somalia) (in silvered and bronze gilt with red, ultramarine blue and black enamels, maker marked ""DRAGO-PARIS-NICE"" on the reverse, 22.2 mm (w) x 40.7 mm (h), vertical pinback); and Marine de Tunisie (Marine Tunisia) (in bronze gilt with red, light blue, mid-tone blue and ultramarine blue enamels, maker marked ""DRAGO PARIS"" on the reverse, 43 mm (w) x 36.5 mm (h), vertical pinback). Intact enamels, ranging from better than 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.

