Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

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Lot

№ 979

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£110

Andrew Carnegie Lifesaving Foundation Instituted, 1911, a plated iron medal by H. Frei, robed female figure with flowers spilling from an open cornucopia over her shoulder, reverse male swimmer in the act of rescuing a drowning female, 70mm. Very fine, scarce (£30-40)

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