Plaques
Custom Awards has access to over 1 million logos. If we don’t have the logo or design you desire, we will assist you in designing a logo for your company or organization.
Ordering a Plaque is Easy:
Once you have found the plaque that you like, email or call us with the Plaque Number and Quantity (no minimum). Also include the date that the plaque is needed by.
Supply any wording you wish or tell us the purpose of the plaque (i.e. Retirement, Promotion, Name, Dates, etc.) and we will supply wording for you.
We prefer Two Weeks notice on plaque orders. However, we can accommodate for Last Minute Requests.
We have over 1 million stock logos. If you need a custom logo, then simply supply the artwork or web page with the logo on it and we will add it (additional charges may apply)
We will “Plaquify” your wording and logo and send you a proof for your review.
Our plaques are rotary diamond drag engraved, which provides a more defined, in-depth look as opposed to laser engraving, which we use for glass awards.
Types of Plaques:
Traditional Award Plaques are typically a wall-hung recognition award. We offer a large variety of styles and finishes for every occasion and event.
We also offer custom-made, hard-carved mahogany plaques with the option of full color and varying shapes … and our own in-house glass and brass … floating glass over a rosewood piano board – perfect for retirements and corporate recognition!
Perpetual Plaques are awards used by organizations for ongoing monthly recognition of individuals or groups. A large top plate with a logo and description (i.e. Employee of the Month) with smaller rows of perpetual plates displaying individual names and a month (or year) are typical of this type of plaque.
They are also popular with religious organizations and schools to commemorate donations made in memory of those who have passed.
An Acrylic Plaque is generally free-standing or a desktop recognition award, which come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and color accents. Our Airflyte Catalog offers many options for both acrylic and glass/crystal awards.
We also offer custom-made acrylic/glass recognition for special occasions such as Corporate Anniversaries. We can make you and your organization look great!
We offer custom shape plaques and hand carved/hand painted plaques for any occasion from Corporate to Police and Fire awards.
Our in-house sublimation process offers customers the ability to add full color and/or photos to a plaque. They also have a wide application from adding a picture of a loved one to an in-memory plaque to team photos for sports awards.
We offer many different styles of Clock Award Plaques from mantle, wall, and desk options and made from crystal to mahogany. Harold Miller clocks and Marco brands are great for Corporate and Retirement gifts.
Trophies
Trophies are a time-honored way of awarding achievement. Whether it’s a championship in a school trophy case or a glass award in a corporate office, trophies are always proudly displayed. Our experts will assist you in creating the perfect trophy for those special events at a price you can afford.
With hundreds of designs in stock, Custom Awards offers a variety of trophies to meet any specific occasion. We also provide customization.
Trophies can take the shape of two-handled cups, bowls, or mugs (all usually engraved); statues of people, animals, and architecture while displaying words, numbers or images. While trophies traditionally have been made with metal figures, wood columns, and wood bases, in recent years they have been made with plastic figures and marble bases. This is to retain the weight traditionally associated with a quality award and make them more affordable to use as recognition items. Recently trophies have also been made using a resin and molds.
Types of Trophies:
Traditional Trophies can range from a Cup mounted on a wooden base to plastic or wooden columns with specific figures on the top.
Our trophies are made on premise in our fully-stocked trophy room. We can match prior trophies made or offer new design ideas.
A Loving-Cup Trophy is a common variety known for its cup shape. It has two or more handles, typically sits on a pedestal, and is often made from silver or silver plate.
Traditionally, loving cups are used in wedding ceremonies, dating back to the 15th century. In ancient times, these cups were passed around banquets and used for toasts. Many couples share their first drink together as husband and wife from an engraved loving cup, symbolizing the joining of two families into one.
It is unknown how these glamorized drinking cups morphed into the ideal trophy. Traditionally, a “trophy” was something taken from one’s enemy – a piece of armor, a weapon, or sometimes a body part as a symbol of victory in battle. Cups as trophies don’t show up until the mid-18th century.
Resin Trophies come in a variety of sports or generic forms. They are often used for participation awards and can be custom-made to include an event logo. They can also be custom-molded to create a unique trophy for businesses, youth sports organizations, and non-profits.
Resin is a naturally occurring organic substance that is secreted primarily from plants and trees that bear cones. It is highly viscous, meaning that it is thick and adhesive in the same manner as molasses or honey. Custom resin then builds upon these properties, optimizing the material for use in a variety of environmental conditions.
Custom resin is extremely popular in trophy making. Resin trophies are characterized by their hardness and durability and can be molded and contoured to create the classic “old-world” look of many sports trophies and metals. This look is mainly achieved by adding a pewter or gold finish.
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We offer a full array of styles of Fantasy Football trophies. Have a design idea for a custom trophy? Let us know!
dealer catalogs
Please view our dealer catalogs below for custom medals. If you are not satisfied with these options, contact us and we will do our best to get you the product you desire.
TYPES OF MEDALS:
We offer hundreds of different stock medals and can add custom color neck ribbons and engraving. These can cover anything from sporting and organizational events to religious awards – to name a few.
We also offer custom-designed medals. If you have a logo you wish to use, we will get the particulars and send you a proof for your approval.
Drape Medals are smaller medals that hang from a small, colored fabric with a pin back. We carry a large selection of stock and custom draped medals in a variety of colors.
This is an award made from ribbon and presented to mark an achievement. They typically have a pin, brooch or bridle clip as a fastener so the award can be attached to clothing, animals, walls, or other surfaces.
Award ribbons can be simply a flat piece of ribbon, a flat-folded ribbon, or fancier manipulations of the ribbon material such as rosettes. A rosette consists of ribbon that is pleated or gathered and arranged in a circle so it resembles a rose, usually with streamer ribbons attached. Some ribbon rosettes will also have loops, petals and star points as part of the design whilst using Satin ribbons, Velvet ribbons, Sheer ribbons, Lamé ribbons, Tartan ribbons and printed ribbons including personalized printed ribbons to promote the sponsor, event or the reason for giving.
Ribbons are usually imprinted with information about the award, such as the name of the event, the sponsoring organization, the placement (such as first place, second place, etc.) and the date. Ribbon awards also come in different varieties such as medals, sashes, and banners – all of which can be personalized.
“You ran it, we engrave it!”
DEALER CATALOGS
Please view our dealer catalogs below for custom badges and insignias. If you are not satisfied with these options, contact us and we will do our best to get you the product you desire.
badges & insignias
We are authorized dealers for the Smith Warren and Blackinton Badge companies. We supply Police and Fire departments with all of their badge requirements. We also make badges for retirement awards.
Breast Bars are primarily used for Polices and Fire Departments. We offer stock breast bars and custom-designed bars.
DEALER CATALOGS
Please view our dealer catalogs below for custom challenge coins. If you are not satisfied with these options, contact us and we will do our best to get you the product you desire.
CHALLENGE COINS
A Challenge Coin is a small coin or medallion (usually military), bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem and carried by the organization’s members. Traditionally, they are given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale. In addition, they are also collected by service members. In practice, challenge coins are normally presented by unit commanders in recognition of special achievement by a member of the unit. They are also exchanged in recognition of visits to an organization.
There are two main types of challenge coins being manufactured by various companies today. The first, called “hard enamel”, is a process adopted from ancient Chinese lapel pins and uses hard baked enamels to give each coin a smooth finish. The more common process is known as “soft enamel” and leaves each coin with a textured surface, whereby the raised metal areas formed by stamping the design into metal are raised above the enamel color fills.
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