Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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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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Medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Sweden, founded 1911, endowment $230,000
Medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Sweden, founded 1911, endowment $230,000
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Two photographs of a medal, showing both sides of the medal issued by the Carnegiestiftelsen, the Swedish equivalent of the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust. The front side of the medal is a portrait of Andrew Carnegie with the inscription: " Carnegiestiftelsen, grundad, 1911". The reverse side shows two figures, a man caring a child, there is a serpent intertwined around the mans feet and reaching to attack his left side. The name Erik Lindberg is engraved by the man's right side. On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm
Medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Switzerland, founded 1911, endowment $130,000
Medal, Carnegie Hero Fund for Switzerland, founded 1911, endowment $130,000
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Two photographs of a medal, showing both sides of the medal issued by the Carnegie Hero Fund for Switzerland (Carnegie Rescuers Foundation). The front side of the medal contains the name, Andrew Carnegie and includes a figure of a woman carrying a horn of plenty upside down with flowers falling out of it. The name Hans Frei is located on the left side of the medal. The reverse side shows two figures, a man and a woman, the man is rescuing the woman from the water and includes the inscription: "Virtvti de vitis hvmanis servandis optime meritae." On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm