In 2026, the United States reaches a historic milestone: 250 years. Moments of this scale will not be simply observed, but marked, remembered, and given form.
As an official licensee of America250, Society Awards was entrusted with creating a collection of commemorative medals that reflect the significance of our country's 250th anniversary. The result is a series of seven large-format medals, each designed and produced to stand as a lasting representation of this moment in history.
These are objects intended to remain.
A National Milestone Given Physical Form
The U.S. Semiquincentennial is not a single event. It is a reflection on the arc of a nation - its origins, its evolution, and its direction.
The America250 medals translate that scale into a physical object. Each design captures a different dimension of the American story, not as a single narrative, but as a collection of perspectives that together form something more complete.
No single medal attempts to define the country. Together, they reflect it.
Seven Designs, One Cohesive Collection
The collection consists of seven distinct medals; each developed as an individual composition while remaining part of a unified system. Across the set, there is a consistent approach to proportion, depth, and structure.
Each design is resolved with clarity, allowing the subject to read immediately while maintaining dimension and presence. Individually, each medal stands on its own. Together, they create a complete and considered collection.
Designed with Intention and Die-Struck in Solid Brass
Each medal begins as a sculptural study, where form, proportion, and hierarchy are resolved before production begins. Depth is used deliberately. Surfaces are controlled. Every element serves the composition as a whole.
They are all 3 inches in diameter, a substantial quarter inch thick, and minted in solid brass using a traditional die-striking process.
Under high pressure, the metal is compressed rather than poured. This method produces sharper detail, greater density, and a level of definition that remains legible over time.
It is a process historically associated with official coinage and national medals - chosen here not for nostalgia, but for its ability to produce a more precise and enduring result. The outcome is immediately felt in hand. Weight, clarity, and surface all contribute to a sense of permanence.
An Object That Remains
The 250th anniversary of the United States is not a moment that repeats.
Objects created to mark it should carry that understanding. They should hold their meaning over time, not only in what they represent, but in how they are made. These medals are designed to be kept, displayed, and returned to - objects that continue to hold their presence well beyond the year they commemorate.
A Mark of America at 250
This collection is not a retrospective.
It is a mark in time.
A way of giving physical form to a milestone that spans generations and continues forward.
To order your commemorative medals, please contact our concierge here or at (212) 845-9980 .
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