NAM.1978-02-11-10

Army Temperance Association Medal, Home, ten years of abstinence, Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1892-1902. Silver oval medal with, on the obverse, two staves forming an ‘X’, with a rose at the centre, flanked by a wreath of shamrocks and thistles, representing England, Ireland and Scotland. A scroll at the top bears the name, ‘Army Temperance Association’ and one below carries the motto, ‘Union is Strength’. The medal is suspended on a blue ribbon. Similar to Temperance Medal awarded by the Royal Army Temperance Association (Home Organisation) except for the reverse which bears only the silver standard mark (a lion passant). The medal is suspended from a bright blue corded silk ribbon. From a collection of temperance medals awarded to Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1892-1902.