They are most likely for attendance. I got these for attendance in Episcopal Church Sunday school. A round gold plated pin with a wreath around for the second year and then bars attached by two links for each year after that. Kathryne Natale [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: CHRISTINE WILLOTT via <[email protected]> To: Gillian Cattell <[email protected]>; yorksgen <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 3:11 pm Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Ainsty Bishopthorpe & Selby Church Society reward of merit medal Hi I wonder if they were the equivalent of a Sunday school prize?? Chris ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Date : 21/01/2015 - 12:04 (GMTST) To : [email protected] Subject : [YORKSGEN] Ainsty Bishopthorpe & Selby Church Society reward of merit medal Dear all I have a photo of my Wheatley family taken around 1898 in Ulleskelf in the Ainsty. All the children have medals attached to their clothing the girls have three and the boys five. I have in my possession six of these identical medals in small boxes with my grandads name (Harold Wheatley) inscribed on the boxes. On the one side is written *"Ainsty Bishopthorpe & Selby Church Society Awarded for attendance"* on the other side *"Reward of Merit"* The medal was fabricated by *Allman London* The date I give is an assumption on how old my grandfather looks (born 9/8/1888) but it is definitely before 30th March 1901 as on the census they are all living in York. Has anyone any ideas on where to find out more about the Church Society and /or the medals. -- Gillian Cattell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message