Medal commemorating the Royal Naval Temperance Society

Medal commemorating the founding of the 'Reindeer' Temperance Society. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of full-rigged ship under sail. Legend 'ROYAL NAVAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY'. Reverse: Within an olive wreath the inscription, 'INSTITUTED ON BOARD H.M.S. REINDEER JULY 1868'. Members of temperance societies agreed to abstain from alcohol. The original 'Reindeer' Temperance Society was expanded to a Royal Naval Temperance Society, covering the whole of the service, in 1871.

Object Details

ID: MEC1294
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Founding of the Royal Naval Temperance Society, 1868
Vessels: Reindeer (1866)
Date made: 1868; After 1871
People: Royal Naval Temperance Society
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm
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