Life Saving Medals

1906 Carnegie Hero Fund Medal. Bronze. Mint State, Graffiti.

76.2 mm. Obv: Frock-coated Andrew Carnegie bust to the right, inscriptions CARNEGIE HERO FUND above and ESTABLISHED APRIL 15TH 1904 below. Rev: Outline map of North America, arms of old Canada (four provinces), Newfoundland (then a separate Crown Colony) and the U.S. around a cartouche inscribed to the recipient WALTER S. SLEAR / WHO SAVED / HARRY C. CREGER / FROM DROWNING / TECUMSEH, MICH. / DECEMBER 9, 1906. The Carnegie Hero Fund website, carnegiehero.org, includes the following information about the recipient of this medal: "Walter S. Slear, 27, hotel clerk, saved Harry C. Creger, 11, from drowning, Tecumseh, Michigan, December 9, 1906. Without removing his skates, Slear sat down on the ice on the Raisin River, 150 feet from the bank, and slid into a hole that had been made by Harry breaking through. Diving three or four times, Slear took Harry to the surface. Both had to be assisted onto the ice. 1477-185"

Estimate: 350