Custom Event Medals with Ribbon | Copper Silver Gold Sets
$1.98
Die-struck event medals in a matched copper, silver and gold podium set, hung on woven ribbon printed with your event name, edition year or venue line. The matte struck-relief face skips enamel colour fills entirely, which keeps cost per piece down and photographs clean under stage lighting, while the integral bail keeps every medal facing the camera instead of spinning sideways in the bag. MOQ is 100 pcs per design, physical samples ship in 3-5 days, and bulk completes 7-15 days after artwork approval – a workable countdown for pageants, school prize days, quiz finals and tournament closing ceremonies. Free digital mock-up first, then a proofed sample before the die is cut.
Pageants, school prize days, quiz finals, tournament closing ceremonies: these moments need one thing on the podium table, and it is a medal that photographs well under stage lights and hangs straight on a child or a competitor without twisting. These custom event medals with ribbon are built for exactly that job. Each disc is die-struck from a zinc alloy or iron base blank, plated in one of three podium colours, and hung on a woven ribbon printed with your event title, date run, or sponsor line. The sample set in this photo shows the standard three-place ladder – copper, silver, gold – all struck from the same die so the design carries across the whole podium without drift.
One Die, Three Podium Colours
The photo shows why ceremony organisers order the whole podium from one supplier. Same artwork, same struck relief, three plating runs: copper or rose-gold tone for third place, bright silver-tone nickel look for second, warm gold for first. Because relief height and letter depth come from a single steel die, the three colours stack together on stage with identical shadow lines. Plating colour position is checked against your approved sample before the batch splits, so the gold on the champion’s neck matches the gold on every other first-place medal that weekend.
Ribbon Sublimation: Your Print, Nothing Off-the-Shelf
The ribbons in the image are navy woven tape with a vertical white print running down the length. That print zone is yours: event name, edition year, venue, category tag, a short line of sponsor text. Full-colour sublimation handles photographs and complex logos; single or two-colour screen print keeps costs down when you only need a wordmark repeated along the tape. Ribbon width is matched to disc diameter so the medal sits centred at chest height. Tell us the ceremony flow – seated audience, standing line, or podium photos – and we route the print orientation accordingly, because a vertical legend reads correctly when the medal is held up, while a horizontal one reads at distance across a stage.
Bare-Metal Relief Instead of Enamel
No colour fill appears anywhere on the discs in this photo – the emblem, the two-line legend zone, and the small bottom marker are all struck metal against a matte, satin-smooth field. For one-off ceremonies this is a deliberate cost and legibility choice. A monochrome relief skips the enamel screen passes entirely, keeps tooling and per-piece cost lower, and under hot stage lighting a matte struck face throws fewer glare blobs in event photography than a glossy filled one. Your crest, your motto, and your dates occupy the central roundel, the mid legend band, and the lower marker zone; nothing on the sample is part of the product you receive.
Bail Hardware That Hangs Straight
Each disc carries an integral rectangular bail cast into the striking at the twelve o’clock position, sized so the ribbon threads flat rather than edge-in. A flat-threaded bail is the difference between a medal that presents its face to the photographer and one that spins sideways in the bag. We set bail dimensions during the die draft stage and confirm ribbon threading on the physical sample before mass production starts.
What You Can Customise
- Disc diameter 1″–2″ as the podium norm, 3″ sizes quoted for large-stage ceremonies
- Plating pick per place: copper, silver-tone, gold-tone, antique variants across the same die
- Struck field layout: your emblem centred, your event name and edition year in the legend band, category or place marker in the lower zone
- Ribbon print method: sublimation, screen print, or single-colour text run, with selvedge stripe options
- Ribbon colour to match stage decor, team colours, or school colours
- Reverse engraving for competitor names, bib numbers, or chip-time categories
- Packing: individual poly bags, bulk cartons, or place-sorting so first place arrives boxed separately
- Insert cards or event programme slips folded with the ribbon on request
Specification at a Glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product | Ceremony medals on printed or sublimated ribbon |
| Material | Die-struck zinc alloy or iron blank |
| Size | 1″–2″ podium norm, 3″ on quotation |
| Finish & Plating | Matte or satin struck field; copper, silver-tone or gold-tone plating per place |
| Enamel or Engraving | Struck relief with no colour fill as shown; reverse name/date engraving optional |
| Ribbon | Woven tape with sublimated or screen-printed event line, integral bail threading |
| Packing | Individually poly bagged, bulk export cartons, place-sorted packing optional |
| MOQ | 100 pcs per design |
| Sample time | 3-5 days |
| Lead time | 7-15 days after artwork approval |
| Capacity | 1,000,000 pcs per month across our gift lines |
Pricing on this listing sits at the 100-piece reference; contact us for other quantities and mixed place splits across the three colours.
Sampling and the Event-Date Countdown
Send artwork, or even a napkin sketch of your crest and legend lines – a free digital mock-up comes back first so placement and readability can be argued on screen cheaply. After you sign the mock-up, physical samples run in 3-5 days. Bulk then completes in 7-15 days after artwork approval, which leaves a real buffer before a fixed ceremony date. For school terms and pageant seasons we recommend approving art at least four weeks out, because courier re-runs on a ribbon colour correction are easy; recutting a struck batch is not.
Packing, Freight and FBA Labelling
Medals ship assembled – disc on ribbon – in poly bags inside corrugated export cartons, palletised for freight. Quote sea, air or express against your delivery deadline; DHL, UPS, FedEx and TNT all cover the ceremony week, and FBA labelling plus carton prep is available when your event retail goes through Amazon fulfilment. Components individually poly bagged when you need ribbons to stay crease-free in transit.
Questions Ceremony Coordinators Ask Before Ordering
Can each place get a different ribbon colour on the same medal design?
Is there room to add the year or edition number?
What file do you need for the ribbon print?
Can the sample photo design be reused for our event?
How many medals can you deliver before a fixed ceremony date?
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Compare finishes and formats before you lock a design: custom race medals covers enamel-filled finisher builds for running events, award medals for recognition shows the shield-form corporate ladder, and a commemorative coin page demonstrates enamel border work if your ceremony also hands out keepsake coins. Browse the full medal line or the wider metal crafts category, and send your event brief through the request a quote desk.
Order the podium, not the paperwork: share your ceremony date, headcount per place, and ribbon text, and we will return a mock-up within two working days plus a sample timeline that fits your calendar.
