Carnegie Hero Fund Medal, bronze, 90 mm, ‘For Heroic Endeavour to Save Human Life’ (James Ferns, Glasgow, 13th November 1934) in its fitted presentation case, good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of the late Mike Leahy.

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James Ferns, aged 25, Railway Platform Porter, on 12th November 1934 prevented a woman who, owing to dense fog, had fallen onto the permanent way at Gilmour Street Station, Paisley, from being run over by a train. He was awarded the Bronze Medallion of the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, its highest honour which, from 1908 to the present day, has only been awarded on 171 occasions.