Custom Medals
Custom Sports Tournament Medal with Ribbon
A die struck metal award medal finished with soft enamel colour and supplied on a printed neck ribbon, made to your own artwork for a single tournament, league season or awards night. The design shown was produced for a volleyball tournament in red white and blue with a polished gold finish, and the same tooling approach works for any sport, age group or event name you send us. You approve a digital proof before anything is struck, so what arrives is what you signed off.
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 event name year and sponsor artwork are struck into the medal rather than stuck on as a label
- Enamel colour is filled by hand and baked so it survives handling display and storage
- Neck ribbon is printed to match the medal so the whole award reads as one design
- One artwork proof covers every place medal so gold silver and bronze stay visually consistent
- Made to order in our own factory which keeps revisions between you and the people striking the die
Where It Is Used
- End of season award ceremonies for youth and school sports programmes
- Multi day invitational tournaments handing out place medals per age bracket
- Charity runs and community fun days where every finisher receives a medal
- Corporate sports days and internal recognition events
- Club anniversary and hall of fame presentations
Who It Is For
- Tournament directors ordering place medals across several divisions at once
- School athletic directors and club coaches buying for a full season
- Parent booster committees running fundraising events
- Promotional product distributors reselling award medals to local leagues
- Event agencies producing branded ceremonies for corporate clients
Problems It Solves
- Stock catalogue medals carry someone else's design and cannot show your event name
- Local trophy shops add an engraving plate that peels and looks like an afterthought
- Colour drift between reorders when different suppliers mix their own enamel
- Ribbons that do not match the medal and make the award look assembled from parts
- Late artwork changes that a supplier without in-house design cannot absorb
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
- Printed polyester neck ribbon attached through a punched eyelet or fitted jump ring
- 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
- Printed polyester ribbon with metal clip or sewn loop
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 medal 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 sport specific silhouettes
- Event name year division and sponsor logos struck into the face
- Gold silver and bronze variants from one die
- Ribbon colour and printed text changed per division
- Reverse side left blank struck with a logo or fitted for engraving
- Epoxy dome glitter enamel or antique wash finishes
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 division to cover ties and damaged pieces
- Store medals in their bags until the ceremony to avoid fingerprints on plating
Specifications
| Product Type | Custom award medal with neck ribbon |
|---|---|
| Forming Method | Die struck from your artwork |
| Colour Fill | Soft enamel |
| Finish Shown | Polished gold |
| Ribbon | Printed neck ribbon supplied attached |
| 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 medal with an engraved insert | Struck artwork will not peel but needs tooling so it only pays off above a modest quantity |
|---|---|
| Printed acrylic award | Metal carries more perceived value in hand while acrylic prints photographic colour more cheaply |
| Hard enamel medal | 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 medal blank
Trimming and polishing
Electroplating
Hand enamel filling and baking
Ribbon printing and assembly
Individual bagging and packing
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