What medals to put on a baby? If you are looking for a christening medal or a special gift for babies, you can find a careful selection of children's pendant medals to incorporate into a chain or religious medals for baptisms or birth gifts. Made of 18K gold and quality materials. Round, teardrop-shaped, two-tone gold medals, with embossed images or carved edges. If you are looking for medals for the baptism, you will also find medals with the time to engrave the birth of a baby and with religious images such as the Virgin girl with a veil and other images that symbolize protection and care.