enamel pins

Collectible metal accessories

Enamel pins are small decorative pins with designs rendered in colored enamel—a glassy coating fused to metal.

They typically have a butterfly clutch or rubber backing and are worn on jackets, bags, or lanyards.

Once primarily institutional (company logos, club membership), enamel pins have become collectible items and a medium for independent artists: She had a whole collection of enamel pins on her denim jacket.

Opposites
attachment method and permanence

enamel pinsiron-on patches

Heat-bonded fabric emblems

sew-on patches · tattoos

material construction

enamel pinssoft goods

Textile-based retail merchandise

vinyl stickers

formality and context

enamel pinsservice ribbons

Uniform-mounted award indicators

official insignia · merit badges · lapel pins

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G