medallion
round piece of metal, often used as an award
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Summary
medallion is a type of award[1]. medallion ranks in the top 7% of type of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,827 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: work of art[3], work with multiple executions[4], award[5], monetiform object[6], fashion accessory[7]
- Commons category: Medals[8]
- Said to be the same as: decoration[9]
- Unicode character: 🏅[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Medals[11]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[12], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox medal templates[20], Template:Medal[21]
- Different from: award medal[22], medal of an order[23], Schaumünze[24], medaillon[25], decoration[26]
- Studied by: Медальерика[27], numismatics[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
Why It Matters
medallion has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] medallion is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]