At the Michaelmas Awards luncheon held in October 2024 at Painters' Hall, the Prime Warden had the rare privilege of awarding the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths Gold Medal to Liveryman Hector Cole MBE. A rare distinction, the last Gold Medal was awarded in 2017 and there are only 2 surviving Gold Medal holders. Many of Hector's friends and family were on hand to witness the presentation by the Prime Warden, Mark Abraham.