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1888 - Temperance Medals - American :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
1888 - Temperance Medals - American :
Four Large American Temperance Medals:

1. Obv.: "dedicated to the cause of Virtue, Honesy & Temperance/ Rev. : "Honesty is the Best Policy. 21mm, copper, xf-au, reeded edge

2. Obv.: "Be thou Faithful unto Death Lead us not into temptation Wine is a Mocker Train a child in the way he should go"/ Rev. " "St. Helen's Band of Hope Union Established 1870 By the Grace of God I have resolved to abstain from all Intoxicating Drinks" 38mm, aluminum, au,plain edge, holed.

3. Obv.: "Gen. Clinton Fish Born Dec. 8, 1828 Died July 9, 1890" Fisk & John A. Brooks were candidates for the Temperance Party in 1888. Struck on dies designed by F. Koch & Co. New York. 40mm, aluminum, AU, plain edge, hairlined.

4. Obv.: "How Sweet from the Green Mossy Brim to receive it As poised on the Curb it inclined to my lips"/ Rev.: "The bearer of this medal is a recorded member of the American Young Men's Total Abstinence Society." 38mm, aluminum, xf, plain edge.