Synonyms:
decoration, laurel_wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
Meaning: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
Usage examples
This is the bright side; the reverse of the medal is serious.
The fellow who butts in and says you're not entitled to a medal.
He returned to England wearing the Khedive's medal and the honorary title of Major.
He had neither sought nor expected the medal; and if the delegate didn't care to leave it he could take it away.
"Caesar had his Brutus--the cotton has its bollworm, the chorus girl has her Pittsburger, the summer boarder has his poison ivy, the hero has his Carnegie medal, art has its Morgan, the rose has its--"
"Caesar had his Brutus--the cotton has its bollworm, the chorus girl has her Pittsburger, the summer boarder has his poison ivy, the hero has his Carnegie medal, art has its Morgan, the rose has its--"
Near by may be noticed a bronze replica of the Edison gold medal which was founded in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the first award of which was made to Elihu Thomson during the present year (1910).
At last Edison was overpersuaded, and, all dirty and perspiring as he was, received the medal rather than cause the visitor to come again. On one occasion, receiving a medal in New York, Edison forgot it on the ferry-boat and left it behind him.