Orig. bildtext... LINDY RECEIVES ORTEIG PRIZE MEDAL. New York. Colonel Walter Scott, head of the Orteig Prize Trustees, is shown here pinning the Trustee's medal on Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh after the air hero had received the $25.000 prize check, which was posted by Raymond Orteig, as a prize for the first man to complete a non-stop New York to Paris flight. Mr. Orteig is shown standing in the centre between Col. Scott and Col. Lindbergh. The ceremonies took place at the Hotel Grevoort. Anm. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, 1902-1974, amerikansk flygare. Den 20-21 maj 1927 genomförde han den första ensamflygningen över Atlanten i flygplanet Spirit of St. Louis. persons: Charles Lindbergh ;Walter Scott ;Raymond Orteig sites: NEW YORK ;USA