Silver 25th Wedding Anniversary Cards
What is the 25th Wedding Anniversary?
The tradition of giving anniversary gifts relating to the number of years married seems to have originated from Germanic Middle Ages tradition. Wealthy husbands were known to give their wife a silver wreath after 25 years of marriage, while 50 years was commemorated by a wreath of gold.
This tradition continued and developed throughout the years, when the Victorians introduced Wood as the 5th Anniversary present, and when Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Diamonds became the gift of choice for those celebrating 60 years of marriage.
The traditional gift of ...