1. medallion - Noun
2. medallion - Verb
A large medal or memorial coin.
A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from their roots to make room for the Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood. Toni Morrison
It was inevitable that I should become a Socialist ultra, a Blanquist, indeed a communist. I carried about a medallion with Marx's head on it in my pocket. I think I regarded it as a sort of talisman... [Marx] had a profound critical intelligence and was in some sense even a prophet. Benito Mussolini
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable. Norton Juster
medallions of veal Source: Internet
A modern medallion bearing the face of Beethoven By early 1818 Beethoven's health had improved, and his nephew moved in with him in January. Source: Internet
An Ullr medallion or Ullr ski medal, depicting the Scandinavian god Ullr on skis holding a bow and arrow, is widely worn as a talisman by both recreational and professional skiers as well as ski patrols in Europe and elsewhere. Source: Internet