Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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  • Date = 1914
  • Subject = Endowments--Italy--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
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This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use as part of their curriculum.
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Gold medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Italy, identical with that presented to the King of Italy, 1914
Gold medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Italy, identical with that presented to the King of Italy, 1914
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Medals--Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Pictorial works., Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 1869-1947--Medals--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Fondazione Carnegie--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--United States--Medals--Pictorial works., Industrialists--United States--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Medals--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Pictorial works., Endowments--Italy--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Heroes--Italy--Medals--Pictorial works., Heroes--Italy--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Medals--Italy--Pictorial works., Medals--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Portrait medallions--Italy--Pictorial works., Italy--Kings and rulers--Medals--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Italy--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Two photographs of a gold medal, showing both sides of the medal issued by Fondazione Carnegie, the Italian equivalent of the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust. One side of the medal features a portrait of Andrew Carnegie surrounded by vignettes and the inscriptions "Fondazione Carnegie". The other side of the medal shows two figures and an inscription in Italian. On cardboard mount: 34 x 26 cm