SOLD
525.00CAD+ (105.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 May 03 @ 17:55UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Bronze Medal Awarded to William Gordon Waite in 1965 in B.C. Canada. Obverse: Carnegie Hero Fund / Established April 15th 1904 / (bust of Carnegie); Reverse: Greater Love Hath No Man Than This. That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends / Awarded To / William Gordon Waite / Who Helped to Saved / John A. Van Angeren / from drowning / Pouce Coupe, B.C. / August 16, 1965; Edge: Bronze / J.E. Caldwell & Co. Phila. / Pat. Dec. 11. '06. encased in lucite. "The Carnegie Medal is a bronze medallion three inches in diameter and is awarded to civilians who risk death or serious physical injury to an extraordinary degree saving or attempting to save the lives of others." "William Gordon Waite helped to save John A. van Angeren from drowning., Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, August 16, 1965. John, 9, who could not swim, was wading in the Pouce Coupe River. Thirty feet from the bank he stepped into a hole 40 feet in diameter in which the water was six to seven feet deep. He floundered and was submerged briefly several times, moving farther from the bank. Gordon, 10, schoolboy, waded and swam 40 feet to John, who was flailing wildly. John grasped Gordon around the waist, pinning the latter’s arm and causing them to be submerged Gordon surfaced with John still clinging to him. Swimming with his free arm and his legs, Gordon moved John six feet toward the bank. In so doing, they were submerged twice and swallowed water, but Gordon surfaced with John each time. They then were within four feet of wadable water but were nearly exhausted. A 15-year-old youth who was a good swimmer went to the edge of the hole and extended a hand to Gordon, who took hold of it. The youth drew Gordon, with John still clinging to him, to wadable water, from where they were aided to the bank. (carnegiehero.org)."
Auction Location:
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor), Toronto, Ontario, M4W 2G8, Canada
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Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor)
Toronto, ON
M4W 2G8
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HST of 13% will be applied to any purchaser from ON; HST of 14% will be applied to any purchaser from PE; HST of 15% will be applied to any purchaser from NS, NB, NL, PE; All other provinces in Canada 5% will be applied. No tax is charged on out of Country purchases.
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| HST |
13% |
HST |
| GST |
5% |
GST |
| HST |
14% |
HST |
| HST |
15% |
HST |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
20% |
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