Historical Medals

A.H. Johnson, 80th Birthday, 1925, a bronze medal by P. Metcalfe, bust left, rev. interior of All Souls College Chapel, Oxford, 64mm (BHM –; E –; Eimer, BNJ 1985, 15; Royal Mint Report 1925 p.12, Plate A, 4, 5). Extremely fine and rare £80-£100

This is a scarce early Royal Mint production by Metcalfe who was a protégé of Sir Robert Johnson, the Deputy Master. The latter’s father is the subject of the medal. As a student at Oxford, Arthur Henry Johnson played football for the University in the team which won the 1874 FA Cup. His later academic work is well documented, as is his wider involvement in the University, beyond All Souls. He wrote the five-volume History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London (1914).