Définition

• Service Medal.  (2) A medallic item of any size that is bestowed upon an employee or member of a group for length of service to that business or organization. Service medals are often inscribed with the individual's name and years of service, often issued in 5 or 10-year anniversary periods. When a service medal is presented to an individual upon
  his or her retirement it is also termed retirement medal.

  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

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