This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Destroyer "Le Tunisien" (silvered and gilt bronze with light blue, red, brown, purple and black enamels, maker marked "DRAGO PARIS" on the reverse, 32 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), vertical pinback); Frigate "Fregate La Surprise" (bronze gilt with pink, light blue, dark blue and brown enamels, maker marked "A. AUGIS LYON" on the reverse, 24.3 mm (w) x 31 mm (h), vertical pinback); Dredger "Dragueur 317" (bronze gilt with red, white, green, ultramarine blue and dark blue enamels, maker marked "A. AUGIS LYON" and marked "PAR AUT. DE WALT DISNEY" on the reverse, 32.8 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), horizontal pinback); Dredger "Dragueur 311" (bronze gilt with red, orange, white, light blue, ultramarine blue, dark blue and black enamels, maker marked "A. AUGIS LYON" on the reverse, 27.2 mm (w) x 37 mm (h), vertical pinback); Dredger "Dragueur 315" (bronze gilt with red, white, light blue, dark blue and black enamels, maker marked "A. AUGIS LYON" on the reverse, 24.5 mm (w) x 31 mm (h), vertical pinback); and "1 G.M.L" (silvered bronze with dark blue enamels, unmarked, 24.7 mm (w) x 36.5 mm (h), vertical pinback). Intact enamels, 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.