Honor Their Service: Create a Custom Memorial Day Challenge Coin to Commemorate Your Warrior

Memorial Day is an important time to remember the brave men and women who have served in the armed forces. As part of honoring their service, many military families, employers, and organizations choose to create custom challenge coins as a commemorative piece. Military challenge coins have a long and rich history and can be personalized with unique designs, colors, and messages that capture the spirit of any warrior who served for our country.

The team at Galaxy Design Squad grew up in military families, so we understand and value the bravery of our veterans and active military firsthand. We’ve worked with clients to produce hundreds of iconic challenge coins to commemorate our heroes and will always have a special place in our hearts for these military projects.

Let’s explore how you can create your own challenge coin as a tribute to your loved one’s service with Galaxy Design Squad!

Choosing Your Design

The design of your challenge coin should be meaningful and personal to the recipient. Think about how it would represent their service, experience, and dedication to our country.

To start designing your challenge coin, consider any symbols or imagery that could be meaningful to them. Is there a symbol associated with their title or rank? Is there an image that represents their branch of service or something that captures their unique personality?

Once you have some of these ideas in mind, you can begin sketching out your design on paper or online software to get some visual concepts flowing. It’s also helpful to look at other examples of challenge coins to draw inspiration.

Selecting Your Finish

Once you’ve created the perfect challenge coin with our design team, it’s time to select the perfect finish.

At Galaxy Design Squad, we have a full spectrum of design and finishing options available, depending on your goals and budget. Some of the most popular finishes are polished gold, silver, and nickel, especially for those looking for a custom challenge coin with an antique or vintage look.

We also have options for both metal and enamel colors, which we’ll discuss in a moment—but for now, consider what kind of effect you want to achieve and how it could best commemorate your warrior.

Our team will walk you through the design process, step-by-step, to ensure you get the best results possible when your challenge coin finally comes to life!

Adding Color

If you want your challenge coin to stand out even more, adding color can make all the difference! For metal finishes, we offer PMS color, or you can achieve a gradient effect with our rainbow metal option, which gives a dynamic, iridescent effect.

We also have a number of clients who’ve created beautiful challenge coins for their military heroes with colorful custom enamel options, either single and dual-sided.

And your military challenge coin doesn’t necessarily have to be round in shape! We also specialize in unique coin edging, such as spurs, rope, cross cut, flat weave, or oblique—making your challenge coin truly unique!

All the details are up to you and the message you want to convey, so rest assured that whatever color, finish, and design you choose, our team will make sure it’s faithfully recreated on your final product.

Design a Custom Challenge Coin as a Memorial Day Tribute

With Memorial Day quickly approaching, now is an excellent time to create a custom challenge coin as a tribute to someone’s service in the armed forces.

From choosing the right design elements that capture their spirit and dedication to selecting just the right finish and color palette—creating a custom challenge coin requires thoughtfulness and creativity!

By choosing Galaxy Design Squad, you’ll partner with a team that understands and shares your values in paying tribute to our nation’s heroes. We’re proud to offer a 10% off discount on all military orders—so design your custom challenge coin with us today!