CNG 99, Lot: 1170. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES. Æ Medal (75mm, 206.35 g, 12h). Awarded to George J. Baisch by the Carnegie Hero Fund for Saving Louis Deterville, Sr. 13 October 1935. Manufactured by J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. • CARNEGIE • HERO • FUND • • Established April 15th 1904, head of Andrew Carnegie facing slightly right / • GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN MAY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS •, ornate tablet with AWARDED TO at top, inscribed GEORGE J. BAISCH/WHO SAVED/LOUIS DETERVILLE, SR./FROM BEING KILLED BY A TRAIN/GREEN BAY, WIS./OCTOBER 13, 1935 in three lines, over map of North America; arms of Canada, Newfoundland, and the United States around. Edge: BRONZE J.E. CALDWELL & CO. PHILA. PAT DEC 11 ´08. Cf. http://www.carnegiehero.org/about-the-fund/carnegie-medal/ (for the Carnegie Hero Fund and the history of the medal). EF, with original lacquering, a few spots. Comes with original green leather presentation box embossed CARNEGIE MEDAL.