London & North Eastern Railway gallantry medal

Made:
1947
maker:
Gilbert Bayes

Medal, silver, London & North Eastern Railway, For Courage and Resource, awarded to driver Frederick Smart, for his actions on the 23rd July 1947 when a fire broke out on a train of wagons carrying mustard gas near Fulbourne, medal suspended from a bar looped into a ribbon of royal blue with three narrow vertical white stripes in the centre, designed by Gilbert Bayes, boxed, made by Pinches of London.

Details

Category:
Coins and Medals
Object Number:
2019-422
Materials:
silver, textile, wood (unidentified) and velvet
type:
medal
credit:
Georgina Smart