Ernest Johnson,1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma

Ernest Johnson, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain cyclist Ernest Johnson designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli, manufactured by B M Mayer of Pforzheim, the obverse with Victory seated above a stadium holding a palm branch and inscribed XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, TEAM PURSUIT E. A. JOHNSON, the reverse with a winner carried aloft by jubilant athletes, in original presentation case; the third prize diploma and black and white photograph of the team, (3) 

The four man team Harry Hill, Ernest Mills, Charles King and Ernest Johnson won the bronze, Italy took silver and gold went to France. 

The following Lots 165 to 169 relate to the career of Ernest Johnson. 

Ernest Johnson was born in Putney and was a familiar figure at the Herne Hill velodrome during the thirties. He was part of the British quartet that won bronze medals in the team pursuit at both the Los Angeles and Berlin Summer Olympic Games. The performance of the British pursuiters in Berlin was unusual in that they lost all three races before the bronze medal race but progressed each time because of their finishing times were superior to other heat winners.