Custom Medals and Coins Ireland
Sports medals, school awards, challenge coins and commemorative coins — designed and produced to your exact specification for Irish clubs, schools, businesses and organisations.
Discounts Available for Bulk Orders
Trusted by thousands of Irish organisations since 2012
Custom Medals & Challenge Coins in Ireland – Free Design & Nationwide Delivery
Abbey Badges has produced custom medals and coins for Irish organisations since 2012 — from school sports day medals to GAA championship awards, from retirement commemorative coins to Irish Defence. Forces challenge coins. Whether you need 50 medals for a community fun run or 500 challenge coins for a national service programme, we handle every order from initial design through to final delivery.
Free design mockup on every order. No setup fees. Delivered nationwide across Ireland.
Customized Medals & Coins
Our custom medals and coins are perfect for commemorative events or promotional giveaways. We feature a professional finish with your custom
Abbey Badges supply a wide variety of medals and coins, including bespoke medals, medals with ribbons, medals and coins for special occasions, club medals and coins, society medals, sports medals, commemorative medals, recognition medals, charity medals, and a special medal or commemorative coin for your special occasion.
We customise medals and coins exclusively for our clients and provide design services to meet their specifications, including the options to create custom branded boxes or lanyards. Whether it is a special medal or commemorative coin for a sports event or organisation, an award medal for academic excellence or a medal to commemorate an event or anniversary, Abbey Badges will have the perfect solution for you.
Custom Medals Ireland
We produce fully custom medals for sports events, school programmes, corporate recognition and commemorative occasions. Every medal is manufactured to your design — not selected from a catalogue and engraved after the fact. You choose the shape, size, finish, enamel colours and ribbon.
Sports and Event Medals
Custom medals for sporting competitions, community events, marathons, triathlons, school sports days and club championships. We work with event organisers, club secretaries and schools to produce medals that participants will want to keep — not a generic disc with a sticker.
Our sports medals are die-cast from zinc alloy in gold, silver and bronze finishes, with your event name, logo, date and design on the face. Ribbon colour is fully customisable — matching your club, county or event colours exactly.
- Best for: GAA club championships, running events (5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon), school sports days, swimming galas, athletics meets, cycling events, football tournaments, rugby blitzes, equestrian competitions.
- Finishes: Bright gold, bright silver, bright bronze, antique gold, antique silver, antique bronze, two-tone.
- Ribbon: Fully custom colour — single or multi-stripe.
- Size range: 50mm to 80mm diameter. Custom sizes available.
School and Academic Achievement Medals
Custom medals for academic achievement awards, graduation ceremonies, student recognition programmes and subject prizes. A well-made medal is a lasting token of recognition that students carry with them far beyond the ceremony itself.
We produce school medals for primary schools, secondary schools, universities and colleges — in individual boxed presentation packaging or in bulk for large awards ceremonies.
- Best for: Academic excellence awards, subject prizes, graduation medals, school sports day, debating competitions, student leadership recognition, Student of the Year programmes.
- Packaging: Optional velvet presentation box for individual awards.
Commemorative and Long Service Medals
Custom medals to mark milestones, retirements, anniversaries and years of service. Where a standard trophy or plaque feels impersonal, a bespoke medal — presented in a hinged box with the recipient's name engraved on the reverse — carries genuine weight.
We produce commemorative medals for retirement presentations, long service recognition, organisational anniversaries, national commemorations and special occasions within sporting, military, community and corporate contexts.
- Best for: Retirement presentations, long service awards (5, 10, 20, 25 years), club and organisation anniversaries, national or community commemorations.
- Finishing detail: Name and date engraving on reverse available on request.
Custom Coins Ireland
Custom coins are a distinct product from medals — smaller, thicker, more tactile, and designed to be carried, collected and presented rather than worn. We produce three types of custom coin for the Irish market.
Challenge Coins
The challenge coin is a military tradition with deep roots — originally used to verify unit membership, now used across military, emergency services, law enforcement and corporate organisations as a symbol of shared identity, service and belonging. A well-executed challenge coin carries real meaning for the person who receives it.
We produce challenge coins for Irish Defence Forces units, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Coast Guard, fire and civil defence services, and any organisation that values the tradition. Our challenge coins are die-cast in brass or zinc alloy, available in any shape, with enamel colour fill, custom edge designs (reeded, plain, cut-out), and both sides fully custom-designed.
- Best for: Irish Defence Forces units, An Garda Síochána, Irish Coast Guard, fire services, civil defence, military veterans' organisations, expedition commemoratives.
- Materials: Brass, zinc alloy.
- Finishes: Antique gold, antique silver, polished gold, polished silver, black nickel, two-tone.
- Edge options: Reeded (milled), plain, oblique, custom cut-out.
- Size range: 38mm to 50mm diameter standard; custom diameters available.
- Thickness: 3mm standard; up to 5mm available.
School and Academic Achievement Medals
Commemorative coins mark moments in an organisation's history that deserve something more permanent than a certificate. Club centenaries, institutional anniversaries, national events, record-breaking achievements, retirements of long-serving figures — a custom commemorative coin in a presentation box is a keepsake that is kept for decades.
We have produced commemorative coins for national sporting bodies, professional services firms, public sector organisations and community groups. The coin can carry imagery, text, dates, logos and enamel colour on both faces — with a velvet or leatherette presentation box as standard.
- Best for: Club and organisational centenaries and anniversaries, retirement of a long-serving official, record-breaking event commemoratives, national championship milestones, institutional history.
- Packaging: Velvet presentation box or leatherette clamshell box included.
Commemorative and Long Service Medals
Custom coins are increasingly used in corporate contexts — as executive gifts, client thank-you tokens, staff milestone recognitions, conference delegate gifts and brand merchandise. A premium custom coin in a presentation box is a tactile, lasting alternative to the standard branded gift.
We produce custom corporate coins for Irish and international businesses, professional services firms, trade associations and membership organisations. Every coin is designed to brief, with both faces fully custom and your choice of finish, edge and packaging.
- Best for: Corporate executive gifts, client entertainment, staff recognition programmes, conference and event delegate gifts, membership tokens, fundraising collectors' coins.
Materials, Finishes and Specifications
Base materials
Our medals and coins are produced from zinc alloy (the standard for custom awards production — strong, lightweight and able to hold fine detail) or brass (heavier, premium feel, preferred for high-value challenge and commemorative coins). Both materials accept the same range of plating and finish treatments.
Plating and finish options
- Bright gold / bright silver / bright bronze — clean, contemporary.
- Antique gold / antique silver / antique bronze / antique copper — recessed areas darkened to bring out the design relief. The most popular finish for crests, military insignia and heritage designs.
- Black nickel — dark metallic finish with a modern, premium character.
- Two-tone — combining two finishes on the same piece (e.g. antique gold border with bright gold face)
Enamel fill
Recessed areas on medals and coins can be filled with enamel colour — matching your Pantone or RAL reference — to add vivid colour to crests, logos and design elements.
Ribbons (medals)
Medal ribbons are produced in custom colours, single or multi-stripe, to your width specification. We match club colours, county colours, national colours or custom event palettes.
Packaging
Medals can be supplied loose (for bulk event use), in individual velvet or foam insert boxes (for formal presentations), or with custom backing cards. Coins are presented in velvet clamshell boxes or leatherette presentation cases.
Who Orders Custom Medals and Coins From Us?
GAA Clubs and County Boards
Championship medals, club anniversary commemoratives and county board recognition awards. We have experience producing medals to GAA specification at club, county and provincial level.
Running, Triathlon and Community Events
Finisher medals for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon events. Fun run organisers, athletics clubs and community sporting events. We work with event directors from the initial design brief through to delivery on time for race day.
Schools and Universities
Sports day medals, academic achievement awards, graduation medals and student recognition programmes. Primary schools, secondary schools and third-level institutions. Minimum orders from 25 units.
Businesses and Corporate
Branded patches for workwear, hi-vis jackets, hospitality uniforms and corporate clothing. An embroidered logo patch gives a professional, durable finish that outlasts printed alternatives on garments that are washed frequently.
Military, Garda and Emergency Services
Challenge coins and commemorative medals for Irish Defence Forces units, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Coast Guard, fire and civil defence services. We produce coins that meet the standard expected for military presentation — heavy, precise, well-finished.
Charities and National Organisations
Fundraising medals, awareness event medals, commemorative coins for campaign milestones and national anniversaries. We have supplied medals and coins to some of Ireland's largest national sporting and civil organisations — including the Paralympics Ireland team and the LGFA on its 50th anniversary programme.
Sports Clubs of All Codes
Rugby clubs, soccer clubs, athletics clubs, swimming clubs, cycling clubs, rowing clubs and every other code. Custom medals for end-of-season awards nights, youth player of the year ceremonies and club championship finals.
Why Choose Abbey Badges?
With over a Decade of Experience serving Thousands of Irish Businesses, Abbey Badges is known for our reliability throughout Ireland.
If you provide us with the product you wish to purchase along with the quantity, we will provide you with a price estimate while our design team creates artwork of the product free of charge.
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