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Medal - Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Pledge, Australia, circa 1885
Reg. No: NU 35511
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Melbourne
Medal - Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Pledge c. 1877 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
Previous Collections: George McArthur
Other Details: This gilt medal represents a promise of abstinence from intoxicating drinks offered under Rev. P. Hennebery around 1885. The medal is holed and was probably originally worn on a ribbon through a loop in the hole. It features the Temperence Arms and pledge. - Description:
- A gilt medal (31mm diameter) holed and probably originally worn on a ribbon through a loop in the hole. It features the Temperence Arms and the pledge.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 31 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 12.94 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | religions, temperance movements |
| Themes this item is part of: | George McArthur, Collector & Baker (1842-1903), Public Life & Institutions Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, McArthur Bequest |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | religions |
| Series: | Australian Temperance Medals |
| DateEra: | circa 1885 AD |
| Obverse Description: | At centre the Temperance movement Arms, a shield bearing a lamb advancing left holding a flag over its shoulder above the letters IHS, supported by a man on left holding a flag bearing the word SOBRIETY and a woman on right bearing a flag with the words DOMESTIC COMFORT; above shield a radiate cross on three steps with angels flying right and left crowning man and woman with wreaths; below shield two children kneel; around above, IN HOC SIGNO VINCES; around below, FRUITS OF TEMPERANCE; on ribbon below shield, HAPPINESS |
| Reverse Description: | At centre a cross radiate in angles with the words, I PROMISE / TO / ABSTAIN / FROM ALL / INTOXICATING DRINKS / EXCEPT USED MEDICINALLY / & BY ORDER OF A MEDICAL MAN / & TO DISCOUNTENANCE / THE / CAUSE & / PRACTICE / OF INTEMP- / ERANCE; around above, ROMAN CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE; around below, GIVEN BY REV. P. HENNEBERY; in the angles of the cross, FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: IN HOC SI[G]NO VINCES FRUITS OF TEMPERANCE HAPPINESS IHS Reverse: ROMAN CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE GIVEN BY REV. P. HENNEBERY FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD I PROMISE TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL INTOXICATING DRINKS EXCEPT USED MEDICINALLY & BY ORDER OF A MEDICAL MAN & TO DISCOUNTENANCE THE CAUSE & PRACTICE OF INTEMPERANCE |
| Material: | Gilt Bronze |
| Issued By: | Australia |
| Mint: | Stokes & Martin, Australia |
| Person Named: | Reverend P. Hennebery |
| Previous Collection: | George McArthur |
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