Custom Challenge Coins
Custom design and make Fire fighting flame challenge coin
A die struck metal challenge coin with a fire fighting flame design, made to your artwork for a fire department, training exercise, or unit recognition. The design shown was produced for a fire department with a red and yellow flame motif and a polished gold finish, and the same tooling approach works for any fire service, station, or event name you provide. You approve a digital proof before any metal is struck, so what arrives matches your exact vision.
MadeTo your artwork, proof approved first
Artwork filesAI PDF JPEG or CDR
Reply timeWithin 8 hours
Express transitAbout 2-4 days worldwide
Detail
What You Get and Who Orders It
Key Benefits
- Your fire department name station number or event name is struck into the coin rather than applied as a label
- Enamel colour is filled by hand and baked to resist handling and storage
- Die struck relief keeps fine lines and lettering sharp even at small sizes
- One artwork proof covers all variants so gold silver and bronze versions stay consistent
- Made in our own factory so revisions are handled directly between you and the team striking the die
Where It Is Used
- Recognition of firefighter promotions or retirement within a fire department
- Training exercises or drills where challenge coins are passed as part of a team challenge
- Station anniversary events or unit reunions with commemorative coins
- Inter-departmental competitions or mutual aid group exchanges
- Fundraising events or public awareness campaigns using branded coins as tokens
Who It Is For
- Fire department leadership ordering coins for multiple stations or units
- Training officers distributing coins after drills or certification events
- Fire service associations producing commemorative pieces for members
- Promotional product distributors reselling challenge coins to fire departments
- Event coordinators creating branded tokens for fire safety awareness days
Problems It Solves
- Stock challenge coins carry generic designs and cannot show your department name or station number
- Printed or sticker-on coins peel or fade after repeated handling
- Colour shifts between reorders when different batches use different enamel mixes
- Coins that look assembled from parts due to mismatched plating or attachment types
- Late artwork changes that a supplier without in-house design cannot absorb quickly
Technical Features
- Die struck relief so raised lines and lettering stay sharp at small diameters
- Soft enamel fill leaves the metal edges proud of the colour for a tactile finish
- Choice of polished gold silver or antique plating on the same die
- Standard attachment is a metal split ring with a rubber washer for secure fit
- Optional epoxy dome over the face for extra scratch resistance
Materials
- Zinc alloy or brass medal body depending on relief depth
- Baked soft enamel colour
- Electroplated gold silver bronze or antique finish
- Metal split ring with rubber washer for attachment
Quality Control
- First struck sample checked against the approved proof before the run continues
- Plating colour compared against the retained reference piece from your previous order
- Enamel checked for pinholes overfill and colour match under daylight lamps
- Each coin bagged individually so faces do not rub in transit
- Count verified against the packing list before the carton is sealed
Customisation Options
- Any shape outline including fire department insignia or flame silhouettes
- Department name station number event name or sponsor logos struck into the face
- Gold silver and bronze variants from one die
- Reverse side left blank struck with a logo or fitted for engraving
- Epoxy dome glitter enamel or antique wash finishes
- Attachment type changed to pin back or lanyard loop if needed
Use Guide
- Send vector artwork where possible so small lettering stays legible when struck
- Keep text above roughly two millimetres tall or it fills in during enamelling
- Decide gold silver and bronze splits before proofing so one die covers all three
- Order a few spares per batch to cover lost or damaged pieces
- Store coins in their bags until distribution to avoid fingerprints on plating
Specifications
| Product Type | Custom challenge coin |
|---|---|
| Forming Method | Die struck from your artwork |
| Colour Fill | Soft enamel |
| Finish Shown | Polished gold |
| Attachment | Split ring with rubber washer |
| Artwork Files | AI PDF JPEG or CDR |
| Proof | Digital proof approved before production |
| Diameter and Thickness | TBC with sales team |
| Minimum Order Quantity | TBC with sales team |
Compared With the Alternatives
| Stock challenge coin with printed insert | Struck artwork will not peel but requires tooling so it only pays off above a modest quantity |
|---|---|
| Printed acrylic challenge coin | Metal carries more perceived value in hand while acrylic prints photographic colour more cheaply |
| Hard enamel challenge coin | Hard enamel polishes flat and feels more premium but adds polishing time and cost |
Manufacturing
How This Piece Is Made
Artwork review and digital proof
Die cutting from the approved proof
Die striking the coin blank
Trimming and polishing
Electroplating
Hand enamel filling and baking
Attachment fitting
Individual bagging and packing
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