Presentation
Presentation. The bestowing of a medallic item as an award or recognition upon a person or organization. A medal may –or may not – be inscribed with the recipient's name but it usually is housed in a case for such presentation. Customarily this occurs at a presentation ceremony, and a printed or engrossed citation accompanies the award. As
a further embellishment the recipient may also be given a miniature of the medal – hung from a ribbon drape – for wear on formal attire. The recipient may be allowed to purchase additional miniature copies of the medal he or she won for use of their personal family; generally the recipient is not allowed a duplicate of the full size medal (unless the original is stolen or destroyed during their lifetime – see copies and replicas). Presentations of other medallic items – as medallions, plaques, sets or whatever – do occur. The medium of medallic art is uniquely appropriate to such presentations because of the adaptability of medallic art to a narrow theme or subject and the ease of customizing the object to a particular event or person.excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor