Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association Medal, one year of abstinence, Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1893
Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association Medal, 1 Year, temperance medal
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NAM.1978-02-11-2
Description
Temperance medal awarded to Sgt J Phillips, 27th Bty Royal Artillery, 1893. Silver. Awarded for one year’s temperance. Inscribed ‘Watch and be Sober’, ‘Total Abstinence Association Formed 1862’ Type previously awarded by Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association, 1862-1887. The Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association started awarding medals to its members for set periods of sobriety in 1867. Many of these medals, such as this one year temperance award, continued to be issued later but in the same form, by the much larger Army Temperance Association. From a collection of temperance medals awarded to Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1892-1902.
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