Carnegie Hero Fund Medal and case

Made:: 1965

Carnegie Hero Fund medal and case, bronze 1965. Awarded posthumously to Driver Wallace Oakes ('Wally' Oakes) in 1965. Circular. Front reads: HE SERVES GOD BEST WHO MOST NOBLY SERVES HUMANITY. Verso: PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND.Outer edge inscribed: WALLACE A OAKES, WHEELOCK HEATH, CHESHIRE 5TH/12TH JUNE 1965.

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Category:: Coins and Medals

Object Number:: 2017-7166

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy)

type:: medal

credit:: Purchased with the support of the Friends of the National Railway Museum

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Carnegie Hero Fund Medal

Carnegie Hero Fund medal, bronze 1965. Awarded posthumously to Driver Wallace Oakes ('Wally' Oakes) in 1965. Circular. Front reads: HE SERVES GOD BEST WHO MOST NOBLY SERVES HUMANITY. Verso: PRESENTED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND.Outer edge inscribed: WALLACE A OAKES, WHEELOCK HEATH, CHESHIRE 5TH/12TH JUNE 1965.

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy)

Object Number:: 2017-7166/1

type:: medal

Carnegie Hero Fund Medal case

Case for Carnegie Hero Fund medal, bronze 1965. Awarded posthumously to Driver Wallace Oakes ('Wally' Oakes) in 1965. Dark green case with white satin and cream velvet fabric inner. Clasp on lower edge.