Two lapel badges made for the Orkney Cottage Boat Club.
The Orkney Cottage Boat Club was a prestigious rowing club throughout the 1880s and 1890s.The badges were made by Hussey and Keymer - Jewellers to the Queen and complete with a box.
The badges are circular in shape, with a clear dome containing a motif of a set of crossed oars, together with a red flag and the letters 'OCBC'. This is mounted on a brass disc which has a crescent shaped attachment hook.
Fabric badge worn on the blouse of Eileen McNally at the first FISA sponsored women's regatta at Macon, France, attended by the Women's 1951 Eight from England.
Eileen and seven other crew members made history as they were thought to be the first British woman's crew to compete abroad, although a England women's crew had competed in Australia in 1938. The crew finished third in all their races
Items include: newspaper clippings, photographs, a celebratory dinner menu and other ephemera.