Lapel Pins – Wikipedia

Shanghai really a lot of large and small, lapel pin factory, and they also started from the production of metal lapel pins .he so-called metal lapel pins includes a variety of lapel pins, medals, and coin and so on. Saying this custom lapel pins production is the Late Qing Dynasty from the West into China.
20 In the early 20th century, some cloisonné artists in Beijing and Tianjin to Shanghai for the production of cloisonné lapel pins to make a living, which are more representative to Shanghai earlier artists Huashan Feng, 1920 and studied the inn Street (now near Fang Bang Zhong Road in the vicinity ) to open new factory BAUER lapel pins. This time, the Shanghai part of the artist carved in silver jewelry industry shift lapel pins. To 1925, Shanghai has become Sentai lapel pins workshops, and other big benefit 8, are mainly hand-made, poorly equipped, low yields. In 1926, Choi Sang bronze factory staff is carefully studying and soon mastered the technique of metal Die struck version, and improved, making the lapel pins are cheap and much better than by hand, gradually in the market place. 1932 Shanghai production facility has 18 lapel pinss. In the same year, developed by the Electric Factory Huaxing lapel pins lapel pins engraved painting success, not only reduces production costs, and expanded use. Until the eve of the founding of the city more than 90 factories producing lapel pins, within the same industry according to the different products and processes into steel, blank, enamel and spray paint electric carving Group 4.
In July 1950, after the Association of reconstruction, lapel pins factory develop to 135, and in more than other cities. The early 50s, the industry has to undertake the liberation of the Northeast, the arrival of victory and the Korean War medal, People’s Liberation Army, “August 1″ lapel pins, as well as advanced, model workers, and many other tasks medal. High tide of socialist transformation in 1956, the Shanghai center lapel pins industry plant located 17, 1959 Joint lapel pins factory in Shanghai exclusive lapel pins of professional plant production, plant in technical innovation, the development of the aluminum oxide filled paint process to succeed, Lapel pins substantial increase in output, costs. .
“Cultural Revolution” period, the Shanghai United lapel pins factory to produce mainly of Chairman Mao lapel pins. Be stopped production in 1970.
August 1972, re-renamed and resume production. 1977, lapel pins be need more with the national development of sports and tourism, various mass organizations and professional groups
But in the 80′s, a significant decline in domestic metal lapel pins Xuqiu order to adapt to market changes, Shanghai lapel pins factory has imported advanced tooling, stamping equipment and surface treatment for the lapel pins of high saturation, high transparent resin infusion of new technology PV to improve the product grade lapel pinss. One from the factory with new equipment, new technology made of metal medal, medals preferred, was designated as one of the National Medal of production.
Until today, making Shanghai lapel pins factory is still a major manufacturer of high quality lapel pins one, and led the development and progress of the entire industry.

At present, Shanghai, kunshan and taicang ,have many lapel pins factory,long-term demand for the world supply.

Hiking staff medallion, also known as stick medallion, there may be a lot of people are not familiar with this medallion, after all, China is still not very common, but it’s very popular in USA and Europe, hiking medallions are usually 0.4 mm thick copper metal materials, copper materials are relatively soft and flexible,  the normal size of 1-3/4 inch, two holes for nails on the side,  we can use nails to rivet the medallion on our stick.

Most of custom lapel pins or hiking staff medallions you can find in the beauty spot will be designed by the landscape, i.e., river,mountain, etc. Hiking staff medallions is a great promotional gift  or souvenirs, a great way to remeber your hiking.