Olympics Interest: Lt Col A A Goodwin, a collection of Olymp...

Olympics Interest: Lt Col A A Goodwin, a collection of Olympic and Army Association medals. Including 1928 Olympic participation medal, competitors badge, Great Britain patch and Committee photograph. together with a range of Army Athletic Association medals including a 9ct gold medal for first place in the Pole Jump during the 1928 Army Championship (marked 375, 12.3g gross), as well as second place in the Modern Pentathlon for 1928 and 1929, a collection of Bayonet fighting medals and a 1948 Olympics participation medals etc. Lt Col Alfred Allan Goodwin OBE (1902-1950) represented Great Britain in the Modern Pentathlon at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam finishing 22nd overall and 5th in the shooting event. Lt Col Goodwin competed in many Army Athletic Association events including Bayonet Fighting, and Boxing. During WWII he served with the Suffolk Regiment being captured in Greece in 1941 and being awarded an OBE for his military service after the war. He went on to coach the Great Britain Modern Pentathlon team at the 1949 Modern Pentathlon Championships.

Estimate:£400

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