Personalized medals for associations turn a shared emblem, cause, or milestone into an institutional piece. They work well for anniversaries, tributes, members' meetings, and acknowledgments that need their own identity.
When these personalized medals are a good fit for associations
- Anniversaries and members' meetings.
- Tributes to volunteers, presidents, or long-standing members.
- Recognitions linked to a specific campaign or cause.
What to keep fixed and what to change in each edition
The mold should include the emblem, the organization's name, and, where applicable, its motto. It is better to reserve the anniversary, campaign, honoree's name, or date for later printing.
The association can keep an institutional piece and change only the design for each recognition through printing. This works better than filling the relief with details from a single anniversary and losing the mold for the next edition.
- Prioritize the emblem over long text that would lose legibility.
- Decide whether to leave the back smooth for variable dedications.
- Plan for future tributes or campaigns before finalizing the base design.
Zinc alloy metal with physical relief
The medal is made from a zinc alloy, technically known as zamak. The design is part of the piece's relief: it is not ink, vinyl, or laser engraving applied afterward. It can be modeled in 2D or 3D and retains a great deal of detail, although very thin lines, tiny text, and complex photographs must be adapted to the metal.
We offer gold, silver, and bronze finishes, aged or unaged. The additional color is printed in full color directly onto the metal.
The front and back are decided together
The front features the personalized relief. The back can be left smooth or can also include relief. In the latter case, two independent sides are not drawn: the raised elements on one side must correspond to the opposite side, and they are reviewed as a single piece. The mold can be prepared for one or two sides; personalizing only one is slightly more economical.
Shape, ribbon, and presentation
- Shape: circular, square, or completely irregular around the symbol; there is no need to fit the design into a template.
- Generic ribbon: solid colors or the Spanish flag.
- Personalized ribbon: it can feature logos, words, photographs, or a complete design.
- Delivery: each medal arrives assembled in an individual transparent plastic bag. An individual cardboard box can also be included in the quotation.
If the relief and mold are the same, different finishes or categories can be combined within the batch. The specific distribution is confirmed in the quotation.
Estimated price and what affects it
As a reference, the base price can range approximately from €4 per unit for relief on one side with a generic ribbon to €8 per unit for different reliefs on both sides, full-color printing on both sides, and a personalized ribbon. The quantity, size, and complexity of the design can lower or increase the price; the exact quotation is provided when a quote is requested.
These figures do not include VAT or shipping. Shipping 100 medals usually costs approximately 10–15 €, so its impact per unit is small, but it is calculated separately.
View the mold calculation and the reorders for 60, 70, and 80 mm.
A mold suitable for more than one edition
Casting requires a physical mold, but that mold is made only once. To reuse it, it is best to put the elements that do not change in relief: the logo, organization name, shape, and permanent elements. The year, category, venue, or dedication can be reserved for a full-color printed area added later.
Factory reorders require a minimum of 100 units. There is another option when the organization already has base medals stored from the first production run: we can print details for a later event starting with around 10 medals, at an estimated cost of approximately €2 per medal. Ten new pieces are not manufactured; the stock already set aside for this purpose is personalized.
From the initial file to delivery
- Quotation. The offer is valid for 15 days and specifies the size, quantity, number of sides, finish, color, ribbon, packaging, VAT, and shipping.
- Design preparation. We can work with a vector file or improve a low-quality original as far as the available information allows. A small or blurry file does not contain the missing detail, and it cannot always be reconstructed.
- Digital proof. The shape, relief, text, color and ribbon are reviewed before the mold is manufactured. An individual physical sample costs around €300 because it requires producing the mold and carrying out the factory process; therefore, digital approval is the usual procedure.
- Payment and production. For a first order, 100% is paid in advance by SEPA. The estimated lead time is approximately four weeks from payment and confirmation. If a company already has deferred payment terms, non-recourse factoring with an additional fee may be considered.
What to submit for pricing personalized medals for associations
To prepare a useful proposal, we need the emblem, essential text, reason for the recognition, quantity and date of use. You do not need to provide a finalized production file in the first message; it is helpful to distinguish what is essential from what can be adapted to the relief.
Request a quote for your medal
Indicate the emblem, essential text, reason for the recognition, quantity and date of use. Also specify whether you prefer one or two sides, approximate size, finish, ribbon and presentation. With this information, we can finalize a quotation for a minimum order of 100 units per design.
You can also view the complete catalog of personalized medals and the B2B catalogs.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the minimum order?
- 100 units per design.
- What information is needed to quote personalized medals for associations?
- We need the emblem, essential text, reason for the recognition, quantity and date of use.
- What material are they made of?
- Made from a zinc alloy with a metallic finish and raised personalization.
- Can the reverse be left smooth?
- Yes. It can also feature relief if both sides are designed with compatible raised elements.
- What should be included in the mold?
- It is best to reserve the relief for the emblem, organization name and, where applicable, its motto, and leave the anniversary, campaign, honoree’s name or date for subsequent printing.
- Is there a volume discount?
- Yes. The unit price decreases with volume and is specified in a quotation valid for 15 days.
- Does the price include VAT and shipping?
- No. Shipping for 100 medals is usually around €10–15, and VAT is added separately.
- What is the estimated lead time?
- Approximately four weeks from payment and order confirmation.