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Auction: 9024 - The Property of a Gentleman Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals
Lot: 879

Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Month Medal, bronze (RATA.1), nearly extremely fine Royal Army Temperance Association, 1 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1907) (RATA.2), edge bruising, very fine Royal Army Temperance Association, 3 Year Medal (2), silver (RATA.4), very fine and better Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), with 6 Year award ´Watch and be Sober´ top riband bar, silver and enamel, ´W.A.H. May 1906´ scratched on reverse (RATA.5), enamel damage, good very fine Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1912) (RATA.6), extremely fine Royal Army Temperance Association, 7 Year Medal, silver (RATA.7), good very fine Royal Army Temperance Association, 8 Year Medal (Kitchener Star), silver (RATA.8), extremely fine (8) Estimate £ 30-50 The Army Temperance Association was granted the Royal prefix by King Edward VII in 1902, although the first medals to bear the new RATA monogram were not issued until 1905. The White Star for 5 years´´ abstinence, and the Kitchener Star for 8 years´´ abstinence, are named after Field Marshals 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), and Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E. (1850-1916), Commanders in Chief, India, 1893-98 and 1902-09 respectively.

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£190