Brunswick. A 1914 War Merit Cross; Second Class United Republic of on a 44 mm pin

on a 44 mm pin

the pencil inscribed text on the pages unaffected)

A rare example

with a lightly knurled 51 mm needle

intact enamels and beads

Brunswick. A 1914 War Merit Cross; Second Class United Republic of on a 44 mm pinIn bronze, measuring 29. 5 mm, light contact, worn, on period ribbon, better than very 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