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Breckinridge High School Badge (silvered bronze with red and white enamels, marked "IE" on the reverse, 27 mm (w) x 25.8 mm (h), horizontal pinback); C.Z. High School Badge (bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 29 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), dual push pins); Decatur High School ROTC Badge (bronze gilt with blue enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia and a copyright mark on the reverse, 30 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), vertical pinback); Hoke Smith High School Badge (bronze gilt with red, orange and blue enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia and marked "9" over "M" in a shield on the reverse, 24.3 mm (w) x 28.3 mm (h), dual push pins); Jefferson High School, Atlanta Badge (silvered bronze with red and blue enamels, marked "IE" on the reverse, 27 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Lanier High School ROTC Badge (bronze gilt with orange and green enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia on the reverse, 22.2 mm (w) x 31 mm (h), dual push pins); Premontre High School ROTC Badge (bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, maker marked "N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK" with the company's insignia and a copyright mark on the reverse, 21 mm (w) x 31.8 mm (h), dual push pins); Sacramento High School Badge (bronze gilt with blue enamels, marked "IE" on the reverse, 22.5 mm (w ) x 30.5 mm (h), vertical pinback); Technical High School, Atlanta Badge (silvered bronze with red and white enamels, marked "IE" on the reverse, 27 mm (w) x 26.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback); and Washington D.C. High Schools Girl Cadets Divisions 10-13 Badge (bronze gilt, unmarked, 26.2 mm, dual push pins). 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.

