Bequest of John E. Fitzgerald, the income to be collected by the City Collector and to be paid
annually to the Fire Commissioner, to be used yearly in buying a gold medal to be presented to the fireman, who in the judgement of the Fire Commissioner, had performed the most meritorious act and whose conduct has called for special mention. Received bond from Executors of the estate of Henry J. Russell, Fire Commissioner, May 24, 1905. The first Fitzgerald Medal was awarded for an heroic act performed in 1922.