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Anniversary Symbols
 Anniversary symbols are basically the practice of giving traditionally expected gifts on each of the wedding anniversaries. Germans in medieval times would often present a wife with a wreath of silver when she had lived with her husband for twenty-five years. The silver symbolized the harmony that was assumed to be necessary to make so many years of matrimony possible. The fiftieth anniversary of a wedding the wife would be presented with a wreath of gold. This is probably of coarse where the history of silver wedding and golden wedding. This practice that started with the Germans, has been brought to modern times Although the first anniversary is considered the paper one, the second, cotton and so on, it is not mandatory that the gift be of the "appropriate" material or composition for the specific year. The exception is in the case of the tenth (tin or aluminum) and twenty-fifth, which is known as the "silver anniversary." In these cases, the gift usually "goes" with the anniversary. For other years it is equally correct, and often more interesting, to buy what seems appropriate for the particular couple and carry out the theme in the wrapping or decorating of the package. So a gift for the seventh anniversary could be wrapped in copper-colored paper, a lace handkerchief might decorate the package for the thirteenth, and that way you will still follow tradition. 
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