This is the League Champions cap which was awarded to Dennis Hodgetts of Aston Villa at the end of the 1893/4 season.
Hodgetts, who is best known for scoring the first goal in the 1887 FA Cup final, signed for the Midlands club in 1886.
He made 178 appearances scoring 62 goals playing as a forward for the club, before moving to local rivals Small Heath.
He went on to become a publican, and in 1930 was elected Aston Villa’s vice-president, a position he held until his death at the age of 81 years old in March 1945
