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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 495

Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Month Medal, bronze (RATA.1), nearly extremely fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 1 Year Medal, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver (RATA.2), good very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 2 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1912) (RATA.3), nearly very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 3 Year Medal, silver (RATA.4), good very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1902) and enamel (RATA.5), very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), with 6 Year award 'Watch and be Sober' top riband bar, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1906) and enamel (RATA.5), good very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Year Medal (2), silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1913 and 1914) (RATA.6), nearly extremely fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 7 Year Medal, silver (RATA.7), good very fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, 9 Year Medal (2), silver (Hallmarks for London 1906 and 1909) (RATA.9), good very fine or better

Royal Army Temperance Association, 10 Year Medal (Roberts Medal), silver (RATA.10), nearly extremely fine

Royal Army Temperance Association, King George V Coronation Medal 1911, silver (RATA.17), lacking suspension ring, otherwise extremely fine (13)

The Army Temperance Association was granted the Royal prefix by King Edward VII in 1902.

The White Star for 5 years' abstinence is named after Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O. (1835-1912), Commander in Chief, India, 1893-98.

The Roberts Medal for 10 years' abstinence is named after Field Marshal The Earl Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. (1832-1914), who, when Commander in Chief, India, persuaded the various religious and regimental societies to combine their efforts against drunkenness and promote abstinence with the formation of the Army Temperance Association, India, which thus replaced the Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association in India and the Colonies east of Aden.

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