Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association Medal, three years of abstinence, Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1895
Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association Medal, 3 Years, temperance medal
Accession Number
NAM.1978-02-11-3
Description
Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association Medal, 3 Years, Sergeant J Phillips, 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, 1895. Silver. Awarded for three years’ temperance. Associated with the Army Temperance Association (1880-1902) Type previously awarded by the 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.