Historical information
Kevin Richard Coombs, OAM (born 30 May 1941) is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960. He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia.
Physical description
Grey plastic case containing silver coloured medal.
Inscriptions & markings
Medal contains text - Australian Paraplegic Games Melbourne 1960 - Kevin Coombs, Javlin [sic]
The lid on the case is inscribed with the word "TROPHY" and a laurel wreath. The bottom of the case is inscribed with "Casecraft. CAT. No 102". The interior of the case includes the text "Stokes (Australia) Limited - medallists and silversmtihs est. 1855:.
Subjects
References
- Kevin Coombs Wikipedia page Kevin Coombs Wikipedia page
- Kevin Coombs page on Aboriginal Victoria site Web page providing biography of Kevin Coombs