This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Includes: eleven Infantry Division Insignia Badges (includes 36th, 40th, 41st, 44th, 45th, 77th, 78th, 80th, US Forces in Austria, two others; fabricated from bronze, eight are gilt, three are silvered, in various colours of enamels, in various sizes, eight with pinback, one with a screwback, two missing their pinbacks); eleven Horoscope Tokens (includes: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, two Libra; missing Scorpio and Sagittarius; in bronze gilt, measuring 25.5 mm in diameter each); New York "Santa Claus" Merry Christmas Token (in bronze gilt, measuring 31.8 mm in diameter); Ford Motor Company "Thirty Years of Progress" Commemorative Medal 1903-1933 (in bronze, measuring 34.5 mm in diameter); Worcester Salt "Don't Worry Club" Commemorative Medal (in bronze, measuring 32 mm in diameter); H. Lanz Hauptplatz 14 Graz Austria 1954 Token (in aluminum, measuring 23 mm in diameter); Eisenhower "IKE" Lapel Badge (in silvered metal, measuring 20.8 mm (w) x 17.5 mm (h), push pin); Cavalry Collar Insignia (in die-stamped bronze gilt, measuring 38 mm (w) x 21.5 mm (h), one of two prongs intact); and twelve Miscellaneous Insignia (in silver, white metal, bronze, three with enamels, in various sizes, three pinbacks, three with screwbacks, two with prongs, one with a ring suspension, three without attachments). 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.

