San Francisco Bridge Medal to Jack Penderboy, Man of Mystery

Samuel Bridge Medal awarded to Jack Penderboy in 1913
Silver, 42 mm, 24.40 gm, medal mounted in silver bezel
Obverse: Samuel Bridge facing left, GIFT OF SAMUEL BRIDGE MLCCCLXXVIIII (1879)
Reverse: Scroll with AWARDED TO followed by engraved "Jack Penderboy" and stamped "1913"

The Samuel Bridge silver medals were awarded to the top male students of the San Francisco public schools from 1879 to 1915. They were usually known as "Bridge Medals." Bridge medal awardees were usually in the school ninth grade and around fourteen years old. The Denman Medal was a similar medal awarded to female students.

This medal is mounted in a silver bezel and the above measurements include the bezel. These medals were 34 mm in diameter and weighed around 18 grams.

Usually the names of Bridge Medal recipients appear in internet searches, the San Francisco newspapers, or San Francisco city directories.

However there is no information about a Jack Penderboy on either the internet or in San Francisco city directories.

Internet searches were made for various spellings of "Penderboy" without success.

And why is the medal encased in a bezel?

He is a Man of Mystery.

 

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Nice bridge medal!

 

A helpful researcher has identified Jack Penderboy as Jack Pedeuboy, the son of French immigrants living in San Francisco.
Jack was born in 1899 making him the right age to receive a Bridge Medal in 1913.