This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Army Distinguished Service Medal (in bronze gilt with blue enamels, measuring 37.7 mm in diameter, original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 35.5 mm (w) x 9.7 mm (h) ribbon bar and its 17 mm (w) x 3.7 mm enameled ribbon bar, in their plastic case of issue); and Purple Heart (two-piece construction, in bronze gilt with purple, red, white and green enamels, measuring 35 mm (w) x 43.5 mm (h), original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 35 mm (w) x 10.5 mm (h) ribbon bar and its 17 mm (w) x 3.7 mm enameled ribbon bar, in their plastic case of issue, with a crack evident on the right side of the clear lid). Near mint.
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.