A small collection of rowing prize medals, comprising: Humber Regatta 1860, engraved silver, 44mm (SIX OARED GALLEY RACE "Undine" N0 6), scroll suspension, good very fine and attractively toned; Exeter College Oxford Boat Club, silver, 51mm, arms, rev. club title to a collar, engraved (MEADE FOURS 1885), contemporary fitted case, extremely fine; Metropolitan Amateur Regatta, silver, 57mm, arms, rev. trophy cup, unnamed, by Pinches, extremely fine; Cambridge University, silver, 51mm, arms, rev. engraved within a wreath (THE CLINKER FOURS 1904), by Munsey & Co, in a contemporary fitted case with associated silver plaque naming the crew, good very fine or better; Oxford University Boat Club, AE, 51mm, Eight Oar Trial Race, unnamed, very fine or better.

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