Trophies and Awards

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IRA cup award
Inscribed W.G. Taylor '07 Coxn, reverse engraved: Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, Poughkeepsie June 23rd 1906, Varsity Eight, Won by Cornell, Time 19-36 4/5
IRA pewter mug award
1926; June 28 1926; inscribed: Intercollegiate Rowing Association, June 28 1926, Washington, Winners of Varsity Race, H. Kerns No. 5
IRA pewter tankard award
Engraved: Inter Collegiate Rowing Association, Poughkeepsie June 26th 1907, Varsity Fours, Won by Syracuse, Time 10m. 37 1/5s, H. J. Schiefer Jr. Bow, stamped: Manning, Bowman & Co. 105 (1849-1945, Meriden CT)
IRA pewter tankard award
Engraved: Inter Collegiate Rowing Association, Poughkeepsie June 27th 1908, Varsity Fours, Won by Syracuse, Time 10m. 52 4/5s, Stroke T.J. Shea, stamped: Manning, Bowman & Co. 105 (1849-1945, Meriden CT)
IRA pewter tankard award
Engraved: Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, Poughkeepsie June 21st 1913, Freshman Eights, Won by Cornell, Time 10m. 4 4/5s, (on lid) L. P. Rand Coxswain
Italian bronze medal
1909-1959; obv: relief of naked oarsman, rev: Canottieri (Rowing) Padova (Padua) Cinqvantenario (50th anniversary) 1909-1959
John B Kelly (Sr) commemorative coin
John B Kelly, Rowing - 1924, obv: relief of 2x (Kelly & Costello), rev: John B. Kelly, Rowing 1924, John B. Kelly won his third Olympic gold medal when he and his partner Paul V, Costello won the doubles in 1924. Kelly had won both the singles and doubles in 1920, contained in plastic case
John H Abeel, Nassau Boat Club medal
Inscribed: Presented To, Captain, John H. Abeel, 1869-1909, stamped : Rob Stoll NY, "Captain Jack" became a member of Nassau BC in 1868 and was a successful competitor, then officer of the club for many years (he was later celebrated in 1908 for 50 years).
K.R.N.S.O. bronze medal
(Koninklijke Roei en Nautische Sport Oostende - Royal Navy & Nautic Sport Oostende, Belgium) obv: coxed-eight line relief, rev: no inscription
KAA medal, White Lake (NY) Annual Regatta
Rev. stamped: Dieges & Clust N.Y. (confirmed with a 1908 postcard, written by a rowing regatta competitor), (K for Kaueonga Lake, the northern end of White Lake, indian name meaning "lake with two wings"
KAA White Lake (NY) medals fashioned into belt
KAA probably stands for Kauneonga Athletic Assoc, (see single KAA single medal), assorted swimming and rowing from 1907 to 1911, obv: all but one with rowing motif, rev: all with inscription, see pictures/Inventory-objects
Lake Como International Regatta 1933 bronze medal
Cast regatta scene city scape in background and four-oar in foreground, :Regate Internazionali Como 9-10 Settembre 1933 XI", no inscription on reverse
LHYC (Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club, Mount Arlington, NJ, founded 1905) medal
Men's Doubles, 1/4 mile, 2nd Prize, Aug. 31, 1912, Rob. Stoll NY
London Rowing Club Regatta watermen's race badge
Won by Henry Silvester (also won Doggett's Badge in 1905), Inscription reads: "Coat, Badge & Freedom, Presented By London Rowing Club,Won By H. Silvester, 1901", The LRC Regatta had a watermen's race from 1875 to 1905 (see Water Boiling Aft book, pg 74 & 98)
Mannheimer Regatta bronze medal w/ red-white-blue enamel clasp
Obv: square medal with sculler and "1" reading - Mannheimer Regatta Verein, rev: 65 Oberrheinische Regatta In Mannheim 14./15. 6 1952, maker stamp: Weidmann, Frankfurt
Metropolitan Amateur Regatta medal
Obv: shield w/crossed oars outer ring Metropolitan Amateur Regatta, Est. 1866, rev: Thames scene w/two eights racing, crossed oars with banner reading Tideway Junior Senior Eights, box: Mappin & Webb Ltd, 2 Queen Victoria Street London E.C, maker hallmarks on obv
Middle States Regatta Association bronze trophy plaque
Cast: 1960, Philadelphia Penna., brass plate engraved SR. QUADRUPLE SCULLS, WON BY (no name engraved)
Middle States Regatta Association, MSRA, 1935 medal
Richmond Virginia, reverse inscribed: Intermediate Four-Oared Gig, stamped: Balfour
misc medals won by B Miller
5 National Association of Amateur Oarsmen-NAAO (1968-2nd 2+, 1969-2nd 2+, 1972-1st 4-, 1974-1st 2+, 1975-1st 2+), 1969 CAAO, 1971 PanAm, 1973 Nottingham, 1973 HRR
MSRA (Middle States Regatta Assoc.) gold filled medal
Obv: oarsman holding oar & wreath, M.S.R.A. Baltimore, 1939. rev: engraved - Junior Single Sculls, mkr mark: Balfour, 1/10 10k GF
MSRA (Middle States Rowing Assoc) medal
Diamond in center of star at top of wreath, rev engraved "Senior 4 Barge 1904", stamped: Dieges & Clust 25 John NY"
N.E.A.R.A. 3-handled plated loving cup
Front: surface mounted crossed oars & wreath, engraved: Presented, by the, City of Boston, NEARA, Eight Oared Shells Junior, Charles River, July 5th 1897 won by Lynn Athletic & RA (2nd Bradford BC)
Nassau B. C. medal
Obv: relief of sculler, rev: inscribed - Nassau B. C. Eight Oared Shell, Sept. 1931, stamped Sterling
Nation Association of Amateur Oarsmen, NAAO medal on chain w/pinback
Pin: eagle w/crossed oar/trident/boat-hook, enameled banner "Four Oar Shell", medal obv: outer circle blue enamel "National Association Amateur Oarsmen", rev: outer circle - enamel stars, inner circle - wreath, center inscribed: Championship of U.S. & Canada, 1897, Institute Boat Club, Owen E, Fox, Stroke, marker's mark: Caldwell