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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1294 |
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| 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 |