The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection

The Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection
eMedals is pleased to present the important collection of Dr.Albert Goodwin. Carefully and meticulously assembled during the mid 20th Century, The Goodwin Collection represents the pinnacle of medals & orders collecting. This preeminent collection is composed of only the highest quality awards and stands alone in the global collecting community. Orders and medals of historical significance are extensive. eMedals is pleased to present The Goodwin Collection to the global market through an ongoing auction event beginning October 2017.
Dr.Goodwin, former President of OMSA, was born on December 17, 1899 in New York City, New York, the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Goodwin. He had one brother, Edgar P. Goodwin. He attended New York City schools and was a graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Goodwin enlisted in the United States Army in February 1918 for service during the First World War, at the age of 18. He was posted to the Panama Canal Zone, as part of the American forces, charged with protecting the Panama Canal, serving in the Medical Department. He was discharged in November 1919 in the rank of Sergeant First Class. After the war, he became Assistant Principal of Ballston Lake High School in 1925 and Principal of Galway High School in 1926 and 1927. Goodwin entered Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, in September 1928 and interned at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville, New York, beginning his medical practice in the city in 1933. He was married to Barbara H. Goodwin (nee Weiss, January 7, 1895 - February 9, 1977). As of the 1940 Census, the family was residing in Gloversville, New York and had a servant, Elsie Hill. During the Second World War, he was a Captain and later, a Major, acting as Commanding Officer of 92nd Station Hospital, United States Army Medical Corps, possibly seeing service in Europe. After the war, he returned to Gloversville, resuming his medical practice. He was a member of the Fulton County Medical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, was on the Board of Directors of the Fulton County Laboratory for several years and was on the staff of both Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was served as a physician for the Gloversville schools for several years and was Instructor in the Student Nurses Training Program at the Nathan Littauer Hospital School of Nursing. He worked on establishing the Fulton County Blood Bank and was its Director in 1965. For his work in blood research, he was made a Fellow of the International Haematological Society. Dr. Goodwin served as City Health Commissioner of Gloversville and at the time of his death in 1967, was the health officer for the City of Gloversville and for the Town of Johnstown. Dr. Goodwin was a member of the Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA), serving as its Vice President (1957-1959) and President (1960-1961). While he was President, he was instrumental in the organization of the first OMSA Convention in 1960, held in Gloversville. He was also Past President of NYODS, a member of the American Society of Military Collectors, the International Orders Research Society and the American Numismatic Society. At the time of his death, he was engaged in writing an encyclopedia on the Orders of Knighthood. He was also a member for many years of the Lions Club, the Elks Lodge and the Eccentric Club.
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EG088 Add to Compare
Greece. An Order of the Phoenix, Grand Officer, Type I (1926-1935)
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Price:
$850
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EG1070 Add to Compare
Austria, Empire. A Small Silver Academy Medal for Military Surgeons, c.1789
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Price:
$1,095
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EG1072 Add to Compare
Austria, Imperial. A Province of Limburg Volunteer & Meritorious Service Medal, c.1790
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Price:
$925
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EG109 Add to Compare
Austria, First Republic. An Order of Merit, Grand Cross Set, by Anton Reiterer of Vienna
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Price:
$3,610
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EG1120zz Add to Compare
Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Six First War Period Austro-Hungarian Badges
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Price:
$170
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EG1170cc Add to Compare
Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Four First War Austro-Hungarian Insignia
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Price:
$140
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EG1198 Add to Compare
Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, Bronze Grade
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Price:
$40
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EG1200 Add to Compare
Austria, First Republic. A Military Merit Medal, c.1935
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Price:
$1,070
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EG1244 Add to Compare
China, Qing Dynasty. An Order of the Imperial Dragon (Bao Xing Merit Medal), I Class Set, c.1875
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Price:
$120,000
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EG1340 Add to Compare
Italy, Duchy of Parma. A Civil Merit Order of St.Louis, Knight Third Class, c.1860
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Price:
$520
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EG1387 Add to Compare
United States. A National Society Magna Charta Dames Membership Badge in Gold, c.1910
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Price:
$345
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EG1411 Add to Compare
Baden. An Order of Berthold the First, 1st Class Knight’s Cross, c.1910
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Price:
$1,990
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EG1415 Add to Compare
Baden. An Order of Berthold the First, Commander's Star, by L. Bertsch, c.1905
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Price:
$3,500
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EG1423 Add to Compare
Hawaiʻi, Kingdom. The Royal Order of Kamehameha I (KGCOK), Knight Grand Cross of Sir John Bowring, the Governor of Hong Kong
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Price:
$29,115
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EG1437a Add to Compare
France, Republic. Two Helmet Plates
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Price:
$55
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EG1437b Add to Compare
United States. A Lot of Twenty-Six Buttons and Patches
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Price:
$25
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EG1453 Add to Compare
Austria, Second Republic. A Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic, Grand Decoration in Silver, c.1952
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Price:
$1,520
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EG1468 Add to Compare
United States. A Lot of Four Commemorative Medals & Awards
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Price:
$60
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EG1471 Add to Compare
Russia, Imperial. A 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty Badge, c.1913
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Price:
$2,470
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EG1497b Add to Compare
Russia, Imperial. A Tsar Alexander III Coronation Medal, 1883
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Price:
$145
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EG1548 Add to Compare
France, Third Republic. Eleven Commemorative Medals, c.1870
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Price:
$125
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EG1569 Add to Compare
Japan. An Order of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class
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Price:
$175
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EG1575b Add to Compare
Japan. A Red Cross Society Men's Membership Medal
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Price:
$25
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EG1617 Add to Compare
United States. An American Society of the Colonial Dames of America Membership in Gold, Breast Badge, c. 1880
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Price:
$855
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EG1619b Add to Compare
United States. Twenty-Two Armed Forces Badges
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Price:
$500
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EG1624 Add to Compare
United States. A Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States ""American Citizenship"" Medal, Named
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Price:
$55
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EG1627 Add to Compare
United States. A State Council of New Jersey Junior Order of United American Mechanics Service Medal
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Price:
$30
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EG1632 Add to Compare
United States. A Lot of Four Military Shooting Awards
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Price:
$70
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EG1717 Add to Compare
Italy. An Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 5th Class, Knight, 1951-2001, Fullsize and Miniature
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Price:
$75
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EG183 Add to Compare
Croatia, Independent State. An Order of Merit, Third Class Badge, c.1942
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Price:
$1,250
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EG193 Add to Compare
Croatia. An Order of King Zvonimir, 1st Class Grand Officer, c.1942
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Price:
$2,710
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EG2000 Add to Compare
United States. A Lot of Fourteen Various Publications from the Library of Dr.Goodwin
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Price:
$100
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EG2000a Add to Compare
Japan. Decorations of Japan by the Bureau of Decoration and Prime Minister’s Office, 1965
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Price:
$175
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EG2000GG Add to Compare
United States. Heraldry in America, by Eugene Zieber, c.1895
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Price:
$140
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EG2000T Add to Compare
France. Décorations, médailles, monnaies et cachets du musée de l'Armée by Lieutenant Sculfort, c.1912
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Price:
$70
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EG2001b Add to Compare
France. Histoire des ordres de chevalerie et des distinctions honorifiques en France, by F.F. Steenackers, 1867
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Price:
$105
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EG2001f Add to Compare
France, III and IV Republic. Two French Army Embroidered Insignia Publications
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Price:
$170
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EG2001g Add to Compare
France. Le theatre d'honneur et de chevalerie ou l'histoire des ordres militaires des Roys, et Princes de la Chrestienté, by André Favyn, c.1620
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Price:
$800
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EG2002i Add to Compare
United Kingdom. Spink & Son’s Monthly Numismatic Circular, Vol. X & XI, c. 1903
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Price:
$80
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EG2002j Add to Compare
France. Armoiries et décorations by Jules Martin de Montable and Raymond Richebe, c.1896
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Price:
$70
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EG2002P Add to Compare
United States. Six Issues of Numismatic Notes and Monographs, c. 1945
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Price:
$120
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EG2004a Add to Compare
Italy, Kingdom. Motti Degli Ordini Cavallereschi, Delle Medaglie e Croci Decorative Di Tutto il Mondo e di Tutti i Tempi, by Carlo Padiglione, 1907
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Price:
$30
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EG2004AA Add to Compare
United States, International. A Lot of Thirty-One Publications from the Library of Dr.Goodwin
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Price:
$80
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EG2004B Add to Compare
Sweden, Kingdom. A Lot of Swedish Reference Guides & Books
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Price:
$80
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EG2004r Add to Compare
France. Nouveau Dictionnaire des Ordes de Chevalerie by H. Gourdon de Genouillac, c.1892
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Price:
$35
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EG2004s Add to Compare
Italy, Kingdom. Storia Degli Ordini Cavallereschi, by Licurgo Cappelletti, 1904
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Price:
$140
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EG2005c Add to Compare
United States. Lot of Four Publications from the Library of Dr.Goodwin
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Price:
$75
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EG2005M Add to Compare
France. Les Ordres Français et les Récompenses Nationales, 1927
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Price:
$170
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EG2005n Add to Compare
United States. The Machine Gun by Lieutenant Colonel George M. Chinn, c.1951
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Price:
$100
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EG2005o Add to Compare
Germany, Imperial. Das Buch der Ritterorden und Ehrenzeichen, 1856
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Price:
$650
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EG2005p Add to Compare
Germany, Imperial. Das Buch der Ritterorden und Ehrenzeichen, c.1856
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Price:
$395
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EG2006a Add to Compare
Canada, International. A Lot of Sixteen Publications from the Library of Dr.Goodwin
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Price:
$80
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EG2006G Add to Compare
Portugal, Republic. Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas, by A. Fonseca and J. Macedo, c. 1945
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Price:
$35
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EG2006v Add to Compare
Sweden, Kingdom. De Nordiska Ländernas Officiella Belöningsmedaljer, by Ernst E. Areen, c. 1938
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Price:
$50
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EG2006z Add to Compare
United Kingdom. A Historical Record of Medals and Honorary Distinctions, by George Tancred, 1891
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Price:
$55
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EG2007i Add to Compare
Austria, Imperial. Geschichte des k.k. Infanterie-Regimentes Hoch- und Deutschmeister Nr. 4. Ergänzungs-Bezirks-Station Wien, by Gustav Ritter Amon von Treuenfest, c.1879
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Price:
$70
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EG2007J Add to Compare
France, Republic. Ordre Imperial de la Réunion, by Jean-Luc Stalins
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Price:
$40
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EG2012H Add to Compare
France. Décorations Officielles Françaises, by Administration des Monnaies et Médailles, 1956
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Price:
$65
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EG2012I Add to Compare
United Kingdom. Spink & Son’s Monthly Numismatic Circular, Vol. VIII & IX, c. 1900
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Price:
$40
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EG2012K Add to Compare
United Kingdom; Germany, Hanover, Federal Republic. Three Publications from the Library of Dr.Goodwin
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Price:
$40
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