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An Army Temperance Medal

Charlie Crane received this temperance medal for three years of army service without drinking or smoking. A clasp added to these medals shows that a soldier completed an extra year without drinking. The Fidelity clasp usually attaches to the one-year medal, not this three-year award. We think it means Charlie stayed sober for four years. […]

A khaki crocheted scarf with tassels at each edge

Queen Victoria’s Boer War Scarf

For “the best all-round men taking part in the South Africa campaign” Queen Victoria Queen Victoria crocheted this scarf. She stitched her initials, VRI (Victoria Regina et Imperatrix – Queen and Empress Victoria), onto the wool in gold thread. The queen sent eight scarves to South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War in April 1900. […]

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