Mexican (?) watzis

harasha

Does anyone know what is happening here, other than some sort of apparent 1909 commemoration of a child born the prior year?
I am guessing that the medallet is Mexican only because the item was struck by Simmang SA. There was a badge maker, Simmang, from San Antonio. The guess is as good as any.

pruebas

It appears to be a medal commemorating the boy's (Catholic) confirmation, listing his date of birth, date of confirmation, parents, and godfather.

Staircoins

Probably Texas, rather than Mexico, and produced by Charles Simmang, engraver in San Antonio. Simmang is referenced in the So-Called Dollar book at least once, and lived in San Antonio during this period.

The fact that it is written in Spanish does not make it Mexican. San Antonio had (and has) a large Spanish-speaking population. A confirmation medal done in Spanish would not be a surprise.

I like it - especially the high relief.

harasha

The reason I guess Mexican is that the initial S. A. appear at the end of the name.
Considering that the infant is so young, I am thinking that he passed away. I do not think that a child so young could be confirmed. The medal may be a memorial token.

pruebas

I don't understand your line of thinking about why it may be Mexican. S.A. = San Antonio?

I think Confirmation can happen any time after Baptism. If it were a memorial medal, there would be a date of death.

WillieBoyd2

"S.A." is Sociedad Anónima in Latin American countries, it means something like "Limited" or "Incorporated".

I wonder if anyone has access to the US Social Security indexes to see if this guy is in them.

Askari

The family was of some means back then to afford this confirmation medal. While such medals were popular, they usually were generic to make them affordable. It would be an interesting effort to see what could be learned of him. I would think it unusual for a confirmation to be held at such an early age, but I'm no expert in such matters.