A hand-crafted relief portrait (in pressed and hand-chased brass) of the pioneering pilot Amy Johnson, lettered 'Johnnie 1930', most likely produced to commemorate her record-breaking flight from England to Australia in that year
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) was one of the most influential and inspirational women of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 and set a string of other records throughout her career. The head-and-shoulders portrait depicts a smiling Johnson in her..... More