Award Medal & Metal Medallions in different shapes

Award Medal & Metal Medallions in different shapes

Award medal or metal medallions are made of the flat and round (or ovoid) piece of metal that has been cast, molded, sculpted, struck, stamped or some way marked with an insignia, portrait, or other artistic rendering,  Award medal may be awarded to the persons or organizations as a form of recognition for sporting, military , scientific, academic, or various other achievements. 

Award medal may also be produced in a round or a shield shape , though these would more correctly be described as a plaquette, and official awards such as military decorations are often in shapes such as crosseds or stars, but are still loosely called” medals” as in the star shaped American Medal of Honor. In the proper use of the term, metal medallions are larger, starting at perhaps four inches across, and are as such usually too large to be worn very comfortably, though in colloquial use” medal medallions” is sometimes imporperly used to refer to an award medal. 

Other types of award medal, metal medallions may also be called table medals because they are too large to be worn and can only be displayed on a wall, table top, desk or cabinet.

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