How much do custom medals cost in the UK?

Printed custom medals are priced per medal with delivery, duties and VAT included, and the price falls as quantity rises. Our medal prices page shows real examples for 100 to 1,000 medals in pounds and dollars. Premium bespoke medals are quoted with a free design.

What is the minimum order for custom medals?

50 medals for printed custom medals, and 100 for premium bespoke medals with custom shapes.

Do I have to pay for the design?

No. We design your medal for free and keep editing it until you are happy. You only pay once you approve the design and place the order.

How long do custom medals take to make?

Tell us your event date and we plan the design, approval and production schedule backwards from it. Most orders comfortably fit a four to six week window.

Can you make custom medals with our logo on them?

Yes. Your logo, crest or emblem is the starting point for the whole design, including the medal shape and the printed ribbon.

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Most committees only order medals once or twice a year, so the process feels bigger than it is. Here is exactly how it runs, and where clubs usually trip up.

1. Work backwards from your event date

The only genuinely fixed date in the whole process is the day athletes need something round their neck. Start there, take off a week of contingency for delivery, and you have your production deadline.

Design and approval is the part that slips, because committees meet fortnightly and everyone has an opinion on the crest. Getting the first concept in front of people early is what keeps the schedule honest.

2. Send your logo in the best format you have

A vector file (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF) is ideal because it can be scaled and separated into layers for tooling. If all you have is a PNG from your website, send it anyway. We redraw artwork routinely and will tell you honestly if quality will limit the detail.

If your crest has fine text or thin lines, we will usually suggest simplifying it slightly for the metal. Detail that reads fine on a screen can disappear at 60mm.

3. Decide what the medal has to do

A participation medal for 400 juniors and a championship medal for eight finalists are different objects. Participation medals reward volume, colour and a great ribbon. Championship medals reward weight, relief depth and finish.

Plenty of clubs run both from one design, changing only the metal finish and the ribbon wording. It keeps everything visually consistent and keeps the order over the minimum in one go.

4. Get the concept, then be picky

We send a visual concept for free before any money changes hands. Circulate it to the committee, the coaches and, if you can, one or two athletes. They notice things adults do not.

Edits are unlimited and free. Changing the shape at concept stage costs nothing; changing it after tooling costs everyone time. Say what you actually think at this stage.

5. Approve, produce, deliver

Once you sign off the design we produce the tooling, run the medals, print the ribbons and pack them to your instructions, sorted by event or age group if that helps on the day.

One named contact stays with your order from first sketch to boxes arriving, and we ship worldwide, so overseas organisers get the same process without the timezone ping-pong.

Common mistakes worth avoiding

Ordering exactly the number of entries. Late entries, double entries and lost medals are guaranteed. A ten per cent buffer costs very little and saves an awkward presentation.

Putting the year on everything. If there is any chance of leftovers being useful next season, keep the year on the ribbon or the reverse engraving rather than the medal face.

Leaving the ribbon to the end. The ribbon is half of what people see when the medal is hanging. Designing it alongside the medal, in club colours, is what makes the set look properly bespoke.