commemorative medal
Event-honoring metal disc
A commemorative medal is a medal struck to mark a significant event, person, or anniversary rather than awarded for achievement or service.
Unlike military decorations or athletic medals, commemorative medals are typically collected or displayed: The mint issued a commemorative medal for the bicentennial.
They may be sold to the public or distributed to participants in historic events.
- awardHonor given for merit
- trophyAward for winning
- purple heartViolet-hued tropical hardwood
- coinStamped metal currency
- proof coinHigh-quality commemorative currency
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- medalsservice award, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, Iron Cross, Purple Heart
- World's Fairsworld's fair, fairgrounds, exhibits, pavilion, exhibition halls
- memorialsmemorials, gravestone, monument, headstone, grave markers
- Italian coinslira, euro, florin, ducat, doppia
- reliefsbas-relief, high relief, low relief, sunken relief, bas relief
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Medium of exchange
cash · legal tender · banknote · pocket change · spending money
commemorative medaldamnatio memoriae
Posthumous erasure from records
erasure · obliteration · disgrace · condemnation · unmarked grave
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