Circular bronze medal inscribed "L'Expositions de Paris 1900" and signed "Georges Lemaire".
The obverse shows a seated woman wearing sheer dress and crown, holding an olive spray in her right hand, and, with her raised left hand, a sheer piece of material which is fluttering above her head. The reverse shows various exposition display items (camera, anvil, transmission lines, dirigible, sledgehammer, globe etc.) under a blank cartouche.
Silver medal - a souvenir of the Regatta fours from 1867 belonging to the Belfast Amateur Rowing Club.
Part of the Thomas E. Weil Collection. Thomas E Weil is a very knowledgeable and respected collector of rowing memorabilia from all over the world. His extensive collection includes material from many years of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, and Henley Royal Regatta. He also lectures and writes on rowing history and is a Trustee of the River and Rowing Museum.
Desborough Medal given to K.L. Osbourne of Lensbury Rowing Club in 1953.
The Desborough Medal was instituted by the Thames Conservators in 1953, to commemorate the coronation and perpetuate the memory of Lord Desborough.
Keith Osbourne was one of the first to receive the medal that is presented annually.
One side has the crest of the Thames Conservancy and 'K L Osbourne lensbury Rowing Club 1953' engraved at the bottom. Other side has a coat of arms with 'Chairman of the Conservators of the River Thames 1905-1937' engraved in the centre and 'William Grenfell Baron Desborough of taplow K.G.G.C.V.O.' around the edge.