Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Canadian Medal for Bravery/Carnegie Hero Fund Medal pair awarded to Robert J. Seymour, who helped rescue a man from a burning car, at Stoney Creek, Ontario, 9 October 1986

Canada, Medal for Bravery (R. J. Seymour, 9-X-86), in case of issue; American Carnegie Hero Fund Medallion, 75mm., bronze, reverse embossed, ‘Awarded to Robert J. Seymour who helped to rescue Laird D. Weiler from burning, Stoney Creek, Ont., October 9, 1986’, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £900-1200

M.B. Canada Gazette 16 April 1888.

‘On the night of October 9, 1986, an accident occurred between two cars on a highway near Stoney Creek, Ontario. One of the vehicles, a station wagon, flipped over the top of the other, landed on its roof on the shoulder of the road and burst into flames. Mike Skoczen and Robert Seymour, arriving separately at the scene, saw the driver trapped inside the burning car and tried to extinguish the flames with dirt and a blanket, and to force the doors open by using a truck bumper. At this time a police officer arrives, tried unsuccessfully to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher, then attempted to free the victim, who was pinned in the wreckage. As the entire passenger compartment burst into flames, the officer dove partway through the open passenger side window, grabbed the severely injured and burned man and, with the help of Mr Seymour and Mr Skoczen, pulled him from the car and carried him a safe distance away.’

Mr Robert Seymour, of Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia and Mr Michael Victor Skoczen, were both awarded the Medal for Bravery and Carnegie Hero Fund Medal. With copied citations and a photograph of Robert Seymour at a presentation ceremony.