THE MEDAL COLLECTOR -  OCT 1989

VOL 40  #  10

  Journal of the Orders & Medals Society of America

( Articles, notes,  queries, answers, reviews, & illustrations on world wide Orders, Decorations & Medals)

paper 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, VG condition, 56 pages, well illustrated in B&W.

 articles include -

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (#1)

   Jeffrey B. Floyd, OMSA President 4

NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE SECRETARY 5

THE 1989 OMSA CONVENTION

    Frederic von Allendorfer 6

1990 CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT 15

PHILADELPHIA LIBERTY MEDAL

    Gerald J. Gallagher, OMSA #4312 16

THE FRANCO-BRITISH ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEDALS

         Captain Jack Boddington 18

A NEW CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN?

Leif Pahlsson 20

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR

G. von Stanke, OMSA #4122 21

A FIRE BRIGADE MEDAL COMMEMORATING AIR RAID SERVICE AT KORTRIJK,   BELGIUM, DURING 1944

David Cerull and Marcel Nuijttens 22

CROSSES AND STARS

Paul H. Till, OMSA #924, and Lloyd Brodrick 24

IN THE NEWS 29

OMSA NEW BOOK SERVICE 34

INDEX TO THE MEDAL COLLECTOR AVAILABLE 35

JAMAICAN MILITARY MEDALS

E. J. Fischer 36

BOOK REVIEWS:

THE MILITARY AWARDS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

WISCONSIN'S MILITARY AND CIVIL MEDALS AND DECORATIONS

Dr. Charles P. McDowell, OMSA Librarian

MEDALJGRAVOREN ERIK LINDBERG 1873-1966

Leif Pahlsson 38

SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR AUGUST 1989

John E. Lelle 40

WHERE IS IT NOW? 42

25-YEAR SERVICE BAR AVAILABLE 42

COLLECTORS MARKET PLACE 42

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