Medalling In The Thames

After 150 plus years, the Thames recently gave up a lost souvenir medallion sold at the 1872 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race. Pictures of the medallion’s head and tail: Tom Chivers.

1 October 2024

By Tim Koch

Tim Koch on an ephemeral thing that became an exciting find. 

I was recently asked by the Boat Race Company to comment on a recent and remarkable Boat Race related “mudlarking” find on the Thames foreshore. The result (with links to a YouTube video of the find as it happened) is on the official Boat Race website here.

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