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CIVIL WAR DECORATIONS AND MEDALS Conduc÷~ byFredF. A/lendo~er& Ga~ Krug

Collectors are often stymied for ideas how to display their collections to best advantage. Seeing the collections of others is a good way to get ideas for one’s own displays.

Below are three frames of the G.AoRo and U.C.V. material presented very effectively by Member Herschel C. Logan, of Salina, Kansas. The horizontal frames are 18x2~ inches, and the upright one is 15~xl7. All three have glass lids to keep out dust and curious fingers. Herschel says, "Folks that have no particular interest in badges, see them as things of beauty when fixed up like this."

SC~,~ETHING TO WATCH FOR

COMPLAINTS HAVE SEEN LOUD AND LONG BECAUSE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

FAILED TO NAME ANY OF ITS EIGHT STARS AND TWO MEDALS FOR WORLD WAR I1~

SO THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU HOLD AN ACTUAL OF--

FICIAL ISSUE~ OR A GOOD COPY--WHY ANYONE SHOULD WANT TO GO TO THE

TROUBLE OF FAKING SOMETHING 80 COMMON IS SOMETHING ELSE~ BUT IT HAPPENS.

" ANYWAY~ COLLECTORS SHOULD KEEP THEIR WEATHER EYE ON AUSTRALIA. AN

AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER WHO SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST~ FOR EXAMPLE; COULD

HAVE qUALIFIED FOR THE 19~9--4~ BTAR~ THE AFRICA ~TAR~ DEFENSE MEDAL,

WAR MEDAL~ AND THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MEDAL. ALL OF THESE WOULD HAVE

BEEN ISSUED TO HIM BY THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES~ AND WOULD BE

IDENTIFIED WITH ARMY NUMBER AND NAME~ IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTRALIAN

PRACTICE IN WORLD WAR I I.

HERE IS SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR WHICH THE COLLECTOR MAY WELL KEEP

HIS EyES OPEN~ AS BEING SOMETHING DEFINITELY OUT OF THE ORDINARYo

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THE 1962 0. M. S. A.SEPT. I,CONVENTION 2, & ]TO BE HELD~I~ ~[~[C~10~aatthe "it t ¢°nditi°n~

THE ABOVE PHOTO BHOWS ONE OF THE INTERESTING BIGHTS CLOSE TO THE CONVEN-

TION BITE. IT IB THE FAMOUB nSURFSIOE 6I! HOUBEBOAT~ WHERE THE NATIONAL--

LY KNOWN TV SERIEB OF THE SAME NAME IS FILMED, IT CAN BE VISITED BY ALL

OF THE CONVENTION VIBITORB~ WHEN THEY ARE NOT TOO BUBY BUYING~ BELLING~

TRADING~ AND GENERALLY TALKING ABOUT MEDALS AND DECORA FIONB. IT WOULD

BE WISE TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME~ EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE CONVENTION PER-

IOD~ TO VISIT THE OTHER MANY FLORIDA TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

TWO NEW APPOINTMENT8

MISS JANE KENWORTHY~ R.R, # 2~ NEWTOWN~ BUCKS COUNTY, PA.~ HAS BEEN

APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT HOLBROOK~ TO FILL OUT HIB OWN UNEXPIRED TERM AB

DIRECTOR. MISS KENWORTHY IS LIFE MEMBER # 2~ AND HAB LONG BEEN ACTIVE IN

MEDAL COLLECTING AND REBEARCH~ HAB SERVED PREVIOUSLY AS A DIRECTOR~ AND

HAS BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE MEDAL COLLECTOR.

DR. ALBERT Fo GOODWIN~ 71KINGBBORO AVE.~ ~LOVERSVILLE~ NEW YORK~

PREVIOUS PRESIDENT OF THIS GOCIETY~ HAS KINDLY CONSENTED TO SERVE IN THE

SPECIAL CAPACITY OF COORDINATOR FOR ORDERS RESEARCH. ANYONE WHO IS EITH-

ER CONTEMPLATING WRITING AN ARTICLE ON ANY ORDER~ OR WHO IB NOW IN THE

PROCESS OF DOING SO~ IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE OR. ~OODWIN OF THE TOPIC UN-

DER RESEARCH. HE WILL THEN PROVIDE MISBING REFERENCES~ SUPPLEMENT THE

ILLUSTRATIONS WITH PHOTOS FROM HIS OWN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION AND OTHER

COLLECTIONS HE HAB PHOTOGRAPHED~ AND GENERALLY ABSIST IN AIDING THE

AUTHOR WITH THE ARTICLE. THUS~ A MUCH MORE COMPLETE AND VALUABLE BTUDY

WILL FIND ITB WAY INTO THE PAGES OF THIB JOURNAL.

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