The outstanding collection of Arthur Berry England footballer and double Olympic Gold Medal winner 1908 and 1912, (a) Olympic Gold Medal, London 1908, in gold, by Vaughton, hallmarked 15ct, edge engraved Winner Association Football, in case of issue, lid gilt stamped Olympic Games, Winner, Association Football, London, 1908 (b) F.A. Tour of South Africa medal, 1910, in gold, by Vaughtons, hallmarked 18ct, obverse seated figure of Britannia holding shield with football at feet, 1910 in exergue, reverse the Football Association South African tour 1910 and engraved A. Berry, in case of issue, lid gilt stamped the Football Association 1910 (c) Belgium v England medal, 1910, in silver, by Paul Fisch, of shaped cruciform, the central disc with football scene, reverse match Angleterre Belgique 1910, in gilt tooled case of issue (d) Belgium v England medal, 1912, in silver, by Paul Fisch, of shaped rectangular form, obverse with scene of football match, reverse match Iternations Belgique-Angleterre, Bruxelles, 8 Avril 1912, in case of issue (e) Olympic Gold Medal, Stockholm 1912, in bronze gilt, in case of issue, lid gilt stamped Olympiska Spelen I Stockholm 1912, I Pris, Lagtaflan (f) The Football Association Amateur Cup Runners-Up medal, 1912-13, in gold, by Vaughton, hallmarked 9ct, in case of issue, lid gilt stamped The Football Association Amateur Cup 1912-13; together with an unknown medal (g) England Full International jersey badge, 1909, white cloth embroidered in blue and red thread with three lions on shield surmounted by crown (h) Two England jersey badges, similar to the full international badge but with a shaped shield; together with an English Wanderers F.C. jersey badge (i) Sixteen England Amateur International jersey badges (j) a photopostcard of Berry in England Amateur strip. Arthur Berry, son of Edwin, a Liverpool F.C. director and chairman (1904-09), was born in Liverpool on 3rd January 1888 and educated at Denstone College where he captained the rugby XV. On going to Wadham College, Oxford, he concentrated on football with extraordinary success. He won blues in 1908 and 1909 and at the 1908 Olympic Games was described as ‘the only English forward to play at all consistently well’. Berry was one of just two Great Britain players who achieved the Olympic football gold medal double of 1908 (London) and 1912 (Stockholm), the other being Vivian Woodward. Although an amateur he did win one full international England cap in 1909, while still at Oxford University. Berry won 32 England caps at Amateur level. His club sides comprised Fulham, Everton and Oxford City with whom he played in the F.A. Amateur Cup final. He retired from football in 1913 on being called to the bar, and after service in the First World War returned to Liverpool to join the family law firm. He died in Liverpool on 15th March 1953.
