Follow me and see their heroic deeds.

1) Dog – Lucca ( Date of Award: 2012 )

Lucca is a 12-year-old German shepherd, who has worked in the United States Marine corps for more than six years and has joined in over 400 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan war.

She was awarded the Dickin Medal by the British animal charity PDSA for her bomb-sniffing efforts to protect the lives of U.S. soldiers.

Lucca is also the first animal in the U.S. Marine corps to receive the medal. No one was hurt during the patrol she was on.

Her owner said: “Lucca is very intelligent, loyal and does a lot of dog hunting”. In addition, Jan McLoughlin, PDSA director, said: “Lucca is very brave and responsible and deserves the Dickin Medal. Her ability and determination to find explosives and weapons protected the lives of soldiers in one of the world’s most violent military conflicts.”

2) Horse – Sergeant Reckless ( Date of Award: 2016 )

The Sergeant Reckless, one of the chestnut mare, is the 68th animal to receive Dickin Medal in the London and Korean war.

The Sergeant Reckless carries wounded soldiers and equipment through a rain of bullets in a war.

McLoughlin said: ” the story of recklessness is a remarkable bravery behavior and this shows why we respect animals in this way”.

3) Cat – Simon ( Date of Award: 1949)

Simon is a black and white cat. On April 20, 1949, Simon was wounded by gunfire during the amethyst incident. No one believes it will survive the night. However, He survived.

While the amethyst was stranded on the Yangtze river, Simon recovered to catch rats on board, boosting the crew’s morale. He started to catch the mouse to protect the cereals and prevent soldiers from being bitten.

It was the end of 101 days and nights. The Emeciste came back to the homeland. While all the people are immersed in joy, on 28th Dec 1949, he died of congenital heart disease.

4) Pigeon – Princess ( Date of Award: 1946 )

Princess is the 32 animal to receive the medal because of her excellent behaviors in the war.

In World War II, Princess was sent to carry on a special mission secretly. She was carrying very important information, escapes the bombardment, and saves many soldiers’ lives.

Of course, there are many animals that have got Dickin Medals. I will show you a detailed file from PDSA ( A charity for pets ).

PDF FILE:   Dickin Medal

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• Medals and Lanyards

Medals and lanyards are a common match. But when combined with custom medals, lanyards are called as “ribbon”. If they separate, the ribbon is what we called lanyard. With lanyards, you can wear the medals on the neck. But do you know how many kinds of lanyards are there?

Ribbon can be classified into five types. They have different features. How to choose the best type of lanyard to suit you will give you more details.

No.1 Polyester lanyards

No.2 Nylon lanyards

No.3 Tubular lanyards

No.4 Dye-sublimated lanyards

No.5 Woven lanyards

How to link medals and lanyards? There must be hooks involved, which can be counted as lanyards attachments. I find some types from <<Something about lanyards accessories you should know>>.

No.1 Keyring

No.2 J-Hook

No.3 Metal Lobster Claw

No.4 Metal Oval Hook

No. 5 Metal Swivel Hook

No.6 Metal Slide Hook

No.7 Snap Swivel Hook

• Medals and Pins

Medals and pins are special matches because it is usually used on military medals or fiesta medals. People like wearing them on their chest or pinning them on their hats. Therefore, these types of medals are small in size. Usually, the safety pins are placed on the ribbon or metal.

Tips: More knowledge about different pins in other products like custom pins:

How to Choosing the Right Attachment for Your Custom Lapel Pins?

• Medals and Keychains

Medals and keychains together must be a showy way to express your fashion attitude because you can take your honor to everywhere. Don’t you feel cool when wearing a metal keychain? Nowadays, more buyers choose this way to customize their medals. You can try it as well!

• Medals and Buckles

Medals and buckles are rare matches. However, it doesn’t mean that these two can’t be a good match. It means when you design custom belt buckles, you can use medals design. Of course, some buyers will choose that belt buckles where you can place your medals. In this way, the medals are not the original medals, and it looks more like challenge coins. Nevertheless, it is indeed a good way to show your medals on the waist belt.

No matter which combinations you choose, they are nice choices to show the meaning of medals. According to your needs to choose the best selection!

Sources:

1.https://buckleshack.ecrater.com/p/31278108/hampshire-state-seal-award-design

2.https://www.bucklesofestes.com/coins.htm

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1) Design

Notes: Medals can be designed with a dual side at GS-JJ. However, this option is chosen by fewer buyers. Sometimes, engraving in the backside is a way for buyers who want to add extra information.

2) Side

3) Shape

Notes: Although side is different, you can still choose the different sizes in custom medals. The shape of custom medals has many styles like streamline, shield type, and so on. However, custom challenge coins are chosen to design with the round shape on most occasions. With personalization era, the different shape of challenge coins is tried gradually.

4) Price

Notes: If you choose dual side medals, dual side tooling charge is necessary. Because of crafts complexity, challenge coins are a little expensive than medals.

In addition, due to the cheaper labor and stronger cooperation, many buyers will choose Korea manufacturers. So, the costs of challenge coins and medals are cheaper than those made in the US.

5) Usage

6) Size

Notes: That’s not to say, you can’t make custom medals or custom challenge coins in a smaller size or bigger size. Those sizes mentioned in the chart are favored by most buyers. After all, customization is up to you!

7) Accessory

Notes: In most cases, the ribbon is free at GS-JJ. But if you need the more complex ribbon, you need to pay extra fees.

All in all, choosing medals or challenge coins is up to you. You need to consider purpose, time, design, and budget with your activity. I wish you choose one for your activity.

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Let’s make the perfect Soccer Medals for your game!

So many professional games and events are for us to enjoy when the regular soccer season begins.

While, there are also many coolest teams and games, usually the amateur soccer catch the attention.

Such as the South Carolina Amateur Soccer Association League of Champions (SCASA), because they have perfect leagues and they promote “Soccer for all ages”.

The SCASA League of Champions is the top level of amateur competition in South Carolina.

Each sanctioned 11v11 league in South Carolina sends its excellent teams to compete in this statewide league.

Qualification is strictly up to each team, and the organization provides excellent protection for every player, team, and league and is one of the benefits of membership with SCASA.

Even they’re made of amateur players;

For sure, the sporting spirit of soccer will always help the player and give help to improve their skills and memorable experiences.

What’s more, the league prepares custom race medals to honor excellent players with their efforts and performance.

GS-JJ Has Made The League of Champions Soccer Medals Feature with High Details…

Its unique shape is beautiful and with style!

This special craftsmanship makes these soccer medals stand out! It’s a special token for players with antique charm.

As important as our identity and values are to our success…

these soccer medals are a great way to reward and recognize players, volunteers, fundraiser events for your amateur players in any soccer team.

Soccer season is coming, order your custom race medals for your player now!

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Are you ready for this weekend?

An Annual Husky Open, mid-spring race, will be hosted by the University of Washington on Montlake Cut soon.

The Washington rowing season for men’s and women’s programs continues with a packed schedule this week.

Along with the annual Husky Open, the UW women will square off and show their wonderful performance on March 31, Saturday morning, the same as last year.

Both the UW men and women rowing teams will attend all races in the Husky Open.

Regatta that features both masters and youth races with many local teams. Such as the Seattle University women and WSU and other universities rowing teams.

All participants set themselves up well for the Husky Open in two weeks’ time.

Opening Day tends to be a great time for the Huskies crew and a great way to show off high-level rowing skills.

Award medals are an outstanding way to show appreciation for any job well done. That’s what these Husky Open race medals want to express.

Present and award custom race medals to the top rowing team at the end of the season to show appreciation for UW rower’s hard work.

UW is one of the world’s preeminent public universities.

It’s well known, today UW rowing team is one of the best universities rowing programs in the world, and won the Gold Medal in the Olympics in 1936.

Husky Open Race Medals _ back

It will be fun for everyone to race, or just have a glimpse at the rowing teams’ performance that day.

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Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination.

This is very true in all soccer-playing career.

Even for the boys and girls of Las Vegas Mayor’s Cup in Downtown Las Vegas Soccer Club, this will be always something they do with passion!

During the Fall Season, GS-JJ often receives many customized orders for soccer medals. So, for real these medals become a constant reminder and recognition for all the players.

They play no matter blood, sweat, and tears throughout their practice and competitions.

GS-JJ is really happy to suggest and advise what would be the better ideas to create these award medals!

Also, how to get the best value for your organization because we truly care about your events and teams.

For soccer medals, there are many suggestions for your reference:

About the shape, you can select standard round, oval, rectangle, or other.

Of course, for sure will be even, more outstanding looking creating a unique shape!

Improving a bit more in this creation, there are several types of materials you can use… such as soft enamel medals, antique metals or shiny & sandblast medals, much more.

Soft enamel medal is an economical option and provides your medal with a distinctive appearance.

With a brilliant polished raised and matte textured recessed areas!

If you are maybe thinking about a look without color the shiny and sandblast material goes with it.

About the antique medal, they are great contemporary look with old-world charming, and you can know it from the first sight.

Attachments for medals usually are a ribbon drape or neck ribbon to connect the loop and jump ring.

For the backside, the smooth surface or not polished is also the most custom for the medals.

Soccer, medals not only symbolize the player’s hard work and dedication throughout the season but in years to come that award will symbolize their childhood for that year.

Great honor and memory for them.

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In this season, most parents introduce their kids to new sports and arts?

Well… the Chinese kung fu, as Chinese martial art, is an important part of traditional Chinese culture.

It combines techniques of self-defense and health-keeping.

When you learn a bit about it, you can definitely know, that you are doing something great for your life.

With sports and art, your life and spirit will be full of energy.

So, it really gives you virtue and peace, not aggression or violence

Recently, it is more used a traditional sport gaining more and more popularity and even stands as a representative of Chinese culture.

Although being fighting styles, this has been the common value by martial artists from generation to generation.

let’s mention some of the most influential styles, such as:

Shaolin Martial Arts, Wudang Martial Arts, Emei Martial Arts, Tai Chi, Form/ Intention Boxing (Xingyiquan), Eight-Diagram Palm (Baguazhang), Southern Fist (Nanquan), Qigong.

Chinese kung fu is a large system of theory and practice. Harmony with the natural laws of human life.

For Kung Fu fans and lovers, perhaps it is the most effective way to develop balanced health for the body and the mind.

In recent years, learning Chinese martial arts has been more popular among people of different ages and nationalities.

Also, many traditional Kung Fu competitions will be held and launched by some organizations. After the competition, greater players will be awarded custom Kung Fu race medals. These customized medals are great awards and gifts for those who have a strong will and persistence for learning Tai chi.

GS-JJ has designed these beautiful medals, with gold finish giving them an elegant touch!

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To all our valuable customers, we appreciate your loyalty and trust. We had work hard to always give you the best quality products and customer service.

The amazing year 2017 it is over, and because of it GS-JJ Team wish you all a Very Merry New Year 2018.

So many things have happened, from unexpected great news to sometimes rather upsetting ones, but everything was always solved to better!

This time, we decided to focus on the positive things.

We are ready for a new start, and definitely open to all your ideas and make them a reality, So do not hesitate in asking us for new products…

We are proud to be a company open to suggestions and new business.

For GS-JJ create custom products are special but create special products for our customer will be wonderful as will be this New Year 2018.

Here some memorable projects that we developed during 2017.

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Maybe trying some Customized Gifts!

For the lover, romantic gifts are always the first choice to buy pretty flowers, chocolates, or even a great trip!

And the best surprise for kids will always be the most desired toy or candies!

For your parents, health care products should on your shopping list, for sure…

Choosing gifts isn’t always easy.

Here are three tips for gift guides:

1. In the first place make the gift budget. It’s no secret that during the holidays, usually, people tend to overspend, so it is really important and convenient to take the time to carefully plan and budget for your Christmas gifts.
2. Second, but no less important, plan your gift list in advance. According to your budget, put in that list the perfect gifts for your families and friends.
3. And as a third step, you will probably take some time and money to share with those who need the most. Selecting gifts to someone in need will for sure make the difference in your life. It can bring you peace and great feelings if you do it from the heart.

Whenever, if you’re in a rush or just looking for a small gift, you’ll find the perfect customized artificial crafts and gifts, such as custom enamel pins, custom challenge coins or patches, and Christmas ornaments.

Browsing through our online Automated Quotation System you will find fantastic options.

Whatever the occasion is, GS-JJ can help you find the best-customized gifts.

Bring joy to those you love with perfect gifts made just for them!

If you’ve got dozens of recipients on your holiday list this year, and your budget for each friend and relatives is probably not as generous as you would like it to be….

Well, you can try to search for some discount, promotions and get coupons to help you save some money for all these gifts.

And if you decide to buy some customized crafts and gifts on GS-JJ, you also can get our coupons.

Save money. Live better!

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Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition for students of all ages, from kindergarten through college.

Students teams select a problem, figure a solution, and then present their solution in competition against others.

All teams who advance from their state and national finals, then attend the annual World Finals to present their solutions to the same problems.

Great creative competitions for students!

If you’re located in Michigan and want to train your children with an exciting learning experience that promises to be challenging and fun.

Also, you can join coaches’ training from some non-profit educational organizations.

The good news here!!

After the program, you have a chance to receive the above custom medals.

The prizes include 1^st place, 2^nd place, and 3^rd. place custom medals.

What a great opportunity if you’re a member of Creativity Unlimited in Michigan.

Recognize and honor all top participants in Michigan with Odyssey of the Mind customized medals, top quality but cheap custom medals.

These cheap custom medals feature with Michigan state map on the center which consists of two peninsulas and engraved with “Creativity unlimited in Michigan” on the top.

By working in teams, all participants learn teamwork, the appreciation and understanding of others, and that a group is a more powerful thinking force than an individual.

So, don’t hesitate, have a try!

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