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Award Medal

It is common to see students walking around with medals hanging down their necks at graduation ceremonies. The medals are used to reward students who have performed extremely well in their course work at the institution. Some of the materials one can use to make an award meal are bronze or bronze derivatives. For hanging the medal around one’s neck, a ribbon may be made of metal or cloth is used. Among the attributes belonging to the ribbon that is used to make an
award medal

is its functional and aesthetic role. The ribbons are made in such way that the recipients will not feel the heaviness of the metal component of the medal. Some institutions prefer to use general award medals for rewarding their students while others prefer theirs to be customized. For customization of an award medal one can use an institution’s name, motto or the name of the student that is going to get the medal. There are quite a number of outlets that offer to customize medals that will be used for graduation ceremonies. One can find such an outlet offline or online. The services offered by the outlets however differ from one person to another.

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