Victorian Soldiers Abstinence Medal rolex and the flanking stones in

and the flanking stones in tapered mounts - clean and bright diamonds with excellent flash and fire on account of the small tables and large pavilion facets

graduated from the centre

It has brooch fittings but the pin is missing - this can be replaced

It depicts five little birds

It's modelled in 15 karat gold with clear hallmarks dating it to the year 1875 - which means they were married in 1835

Victorian Soldiers Abstinence Medal rolex and the flanking stones inDATE: Victorian, c. 1886 All the way back to August in 1836, the first abstinence medals were awarded to soldiers who kept a pledge to abstain from drinking. Despite thousands of these medals being issued during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, these medals are quite hard to find. The consumption of alcohol was routine across British society, and this was partly due to its accessibility in a time before more firm licensing laws and of course as a