This item is part of The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection. Click Here to view all items in this collection.
Includes: two Army Identification Tags (in aluminum, both stamped "ALBERT F. GOODWIN / 351,563", measuring 35 mm in diameter each, tied together on a brown cord); three U.S. Army Collar Disks (in bronze, one measuring 25.5 mm in diameter, two measuring 25.8 mm in diameter, all three with a screwback); two Signal Corps Collar Disks In bronze, measuring 26 mm in diameter, one with a screwback, the other missing its screwback); and ten American Medical Association Convention Lapel Badges, c. 1939 to 1953: one 1939 Atlantic City Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "GREENDUCK CO. CHI." on the reverse, measuring 21.3 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), horizontal pinback); one 1940 New York Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO" on the reverse, measuring 26 mm (w) x 33.5 mm (h), ring suspension); one 1946 San Francisco Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "GREENDUCK CO. CHI." with two union marks on the reverse, measuring 25.8 mm (w) x 32 mm (h), vertical pinback); one 100th Anniversary 1947 Atlantic City Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "ACORN BADGE CHICAGO" on the reverse, measuring 28.5 mm (w) X 30.5 mm (h), horizontal pinback); one 1949 Atlantic City Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "ACORN BADGE CO. CHICAGO" on the reverse, measuring 29 mm (w) x 30 mm (h), vertical pinback); one 1950 San Francisco Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "ACORN BADGE CO. CHICAGO" on the reverse, measuring 28.5 mm (w) x 30.3 mm (h), vertical pinback); three 1951 Atlantic City Badges (in bronze gilt, maker marked "ACORN BADGE CO. CHICAGO" on their reverses, two measuring 28.5 mm (w) x 30.5 mm (h) with vertical pinbacks, one measuring 28.5 mm (w) x 34 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, large ring suspension); and one 1953 New York Badge (in bronze gilt, maker marked "ACORN BADGE CO. CHICAGO" on the reverse, measuring 36.2 mm (w) x 27 mm (h), horizontal pinback). Ranging from 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.