Medals

Find out about the Royal Mint medals

After the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the presentation of service medals to officers and men in the British Armed Forces became regular practice and the production of making these medals was charged to the Royal Mint.

Service medals are usually produced by means of striking, a similar process to the manufacture of coins. These medals are often mounted by way of a ribbon, clasp or brooch.

Apart from Service medals, the Mint also strikes civilian medals,decorations and orders, as well as prize and commemorative medals for learned societies and private companies.

The Royal Mint also manufactures cast medals, usually issued in small quantities as works of art in their own right or to commemorate an anniversary