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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 25683156, member: 4910&quot;]<img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_medal_samuelbridge_penderboy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Samuel Bridge Medal awarded to Jack Penderboy in 1913</p><p>Silver, 42 mm, 24.40 gm, medal mounted in silver bezel</p><p>Obverse: Samuel Bridge facing left, GIFT OF SAMUEL BRIDGE MLCCCLXXVIIII (1879)</p><p>Reverse: Scroll with AWARDED TO followed by engraved &quot;Jack Penderboy&quot; and stamped &quot;1913&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>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 &quot;Bridge Medals.&quot; 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.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually the names of Bridge Medal recipients appear in internet searches, the San Francisco newspapers, or San Francisco city directories. </p><p><br /></p><p>However there is no information about a Jack Penderboy on either the internet or in San Francisco city directories.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Internet searches were made for various spellings of &quot;Penderboy&quot; without success.</p><p><br /></p><p>And why is the medal encased in a bezel?</p><p><br /></p><p>He is a Man of Mystery.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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