Plaques: Tools for Commemorating Events

The concept of plaque has become very well aware now a days. Basically, it is manufactured from lots of pieces of metal, stone or other hard material like precious metal, stone, porcelain and many others. Generally, these plaques are fixed on walls or mounted on braces in order to commemorate an individual or an event, or as signage.

The reason behind the popularity in use of plaques is like recognizing a person or an organization for extraordinary efforts, performance, or involvement in a project or cause. Generally, recipient's name, the date and year the award along with the plaque for which it is given, etc are mentioned in the plaques. Sometimes in order to facilitate the employees, the companies provide plaques to high-performing employees, to winners of competitions, or to individuals who have completed a course of study or training program.

Though plaques are made up of various metals but cast bronze plaques have wide demand in the market. It not only persists for a long time period but also expresses its continuous brightness to look at. Likewise aluminum plaques have also its own attractive features to win over the market. The simple reason is that aluminum plaques are comparatively less costly and easier to cast or mold as compared to bronze.

It is very important for the customers to choose the right price and the manufacturing company of the plaques. As the price of the plaque is determined by the number of letters engraved, accordingly the no of letters to be engraved and the quality of the material should be fixed. 

Memorial Plaques and its advantages

Plaques are being commonly used in this modern society. A plaque is simply a plate made up of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface. It bears text or an image, in memory of one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other important thing. The advantages of bronze plaques are like-

1.    Plaques are attractive to look.

2.   It is also durable. 

3.   They are strong and shiny.

4.   The only thing you have to keep them dusted off, wiped with a damp cloth, and occasionally lightly polished with a mild bronze cleaner.

Most modern plaques affixed are commemorative of something. There are also purely religious plaques, or those signifying ownership or affiliation of some sort. Plaques are not only used as tokens of appreciation, but are also used as memorial signage to identify where the deceased are buried.

Out of the other plaques, memorial plaques are gaining its value in the market because they are a much cheaper substitute for the tombstone. Memorial plaques are a low-cost and long-lasting form of remembrance.  Tombstones are more commonly used than memorial plaques to mark the burial ground. Memorial plaques can carry the same information that tombstones do but in a cheaper price.  Memorial plaques are usually mounted on wooden bases. Sometimes, the tombstone also bears the name of the person buried there and the person's date of birth and death.

Military plaques are the special type of plaques considered as the symbols of honor and bravery. These can represent a respected branch of the military whether army, navy, air force, or marine corps. This ensures that workmanship is of excellent quality.