The Beauty and History of Gold Wedding Rings
There are many old wives' tales about gold wedding rings. Some of it can be attributed to the old wives, some can be traced down through history to be true! As an example, the ruby gold rings that were worn by many of the military men in World War II. They say that the reason that men did not wear a wedding Gold Rings before this time is that jewelry was reserved for the women. Men decorated their pocket watches, however, they did not feel the need to put a ring on their finger that could be caught in bulky machinery, and it was said to be "feminine" anyway. Enter the gold wedding rings! The women wanted the men going off to war to remember that they had loved ones back home, so the rings were "attached" to their men as a sign of: "off the market!". The ruby part of that was that, during the war, the lighter colored metals that were alloyed with the raw gold was unavailable, so the darker, less attractive ruby gold wedding rings were the norm for th...