Historical and Art Medals

France, 1909. France/U.S.A. The Carnegie Foundation, a silver Life-Saving plaque by L. Dejean, bust right, LIBERALITÉ d'UN CITOYEN AMERICAIN, etc., reverse Victory crowns kneeling figure, AUX HÉROS DE LA CICILISATION, named "Gaston Leveque, 1911", 81 x 53mm (cf. Coll. R. Marx 351; Baudey/Bricher no. 81). Very fine, a rare early award in silver; in fitted maroon case of issue

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), American industrialist and philanthropist