Victorian Soldiers Abstinence Medal ship A gorgeous antique target ring

A gorgeous antique target ring

full of romantic sentiment and often gifted to a bride on her wedding day

with the ram with the golden fleece

glassmasters 1980

Victorian Soldiers Abstinence Medal ship A gorgeous antique target ringDATE: Victorian, c. 1886 All the way back to August in 1836, the first abstinence medals were awarded to soldiers who kept a pledge to abstain from drinking. Despite thousands of these medals being issued during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, these medals are quite hard to find. The consumption of alcohol was routine across British society, and this was partly due to its accessibility in a time before more firm licensing laws and of course as a