There are many types of medals. Generally, there are 7 typical types:
Awards: awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for sporting, military, scientific, cultural, academic, or various other achievements.
Commemoratives: created for sale to commemorate particular individuals or events, or as works of medallic art in their own right.
Souvenirs: similar to a commemorative, but more focused on a place or event like state fairs, expositions, museums, historic sites, etc., and frequently found for sale within their respective souvenir shops.
Religious: devotional medals may be worn for religious reasons.
Portraits: produced to immortalize a person with their portrait
Artistic: made purely as an art object. Plaquettes are often of this type.
Society Medals: made for societies used as a badge or token of membership.
We can produce all types medal with the required and specific logo. Generally, the medals are created in the zinc alloy material considering its economic cost as well as its more flexible presenting way on the personalized logos. The most popular plating combination would be gold/nickel/antique copper or antique bronze/antique silver/antique copper to present the first place, second place and third place. You can also choose other raw material as copper, iron, aluminum, PVC etc. as well as other plating options. It’s all depending on your requirement. We are flexible on all the process, material and plating etc. to offer the most satisfactory service to your medal request.
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