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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 2326736, member: 4910"]The Walter Johnson on the 1911 medal is not the baseball player.</p><p>The ballplayer was born in 1887 in Kansas.</p><p>San Francisco Bridge medalists were usually around 14-15 years old,</p><p>the ballplayer would have been 24 in 1911.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can not find a Walter Johnson being awarded a Bridge medal in the San Francisco newspaper archives from 1911, but I will keep looking.</p><p>Johnson is a very common name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The medals before 1906 were struck by the San Francisco Mint and the later ones were struck somewhere else and are of lower quality.</p><p>I have a 1908 and 1914 medal similar to the "Walter Johnson" one above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could you tell me where you got your medal?</p><p>Did it belong to a relative?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 2326736, member: 4910"]The Walter Johnson on the 1911 medal is not the baseball player. The ballplayer was born in 1887 in Kansas. San Francisco Bridge medalists were usually around 14-15 years old, the ballplayer would have been 24 in 1911. I can not find a Walter Johnson being awarded a Bridge medal in the San Francisco newspaper archives from 1911, but I will keep looking. Johnson is a very common name. The medals before 1906 were struck by the San Francisco Mint and the later ones were struck somewhere else and are of lower quality. I have a 1908 and 1914 medal similar to the "Walter Johnson" one above. Could you tell me where you got your medal? Did it belong to a relative? :)[/QUOTE]
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