3D Painted, Wood, Bronze, Brass, Silver Army Plaques

US Army Seal, Emblem, Insignia, Badge & Patch Plaques

Fig. 1 - Shown above are different styles of our dimensional wall plaques for the US Army. About half of the plaques shown are carved in 3-D bas-relief, the rest are carved in 2.5-D flat relief. Shown are multi-colored painted, brass and nickel-silver plated, and stained Mahogany and Cedar plaques.

ALL OF OUR SIGNS & PLAQUES ARE MADE IN THE USA BY AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN

WELCOME TO OUR PHOTO GALLERY OF US ARMY PLAQUES

Welcome to the US Army plaque page of the website of The Wood & Metal Plaque Company, a division of Art Sign Works, Inc. that specializes in designing and manufacturing custom plaques. Art Sign Works, Inc. is an official manufacturer of the US Army emblem, logo and other unit plaques, under a Trademark license granted by the US Army.

If you have just entered our website and you want an overview of our company and all our products, please start with our Home page ( tab upper left header), which has a listing of all plaque types in the silver box on the left side of the page. Other web pages and photo galleries can be visited by clicking on the titles and pull down menus in the gold masthead at the top of this page. These include Federal and State government & agencies & courts, local Government (county, city & village), police & sheriff, and fire department wall plaques (including badge and shoulder patch plaques).

Fig. 2 - Congressional Medal of Honor Award. Presidential Seal plaque is mounted on the podium.

This page provides a description and Gallery of over 350 photos of our standard, custom, and personalized wall and podium plaques for Army units, officers, and enlisted personnel. We design and carve a wide variety of custom and personalized hand-crafted wood and metal dimensional wall and podium plaques of seals, emblems, logos, badges, insignia, memorials and awards. We offer the highest quality materials and workmanship, great customer service, short turnaround times (typically 30 days from order to shipment), and factory-direct affordable prices to government, commercial, non-profit and consumer clients. We also offer wholesale prices to retailers and re-sellers, and discounts for buys of 3 or more identical plaques. All our plaques are manufactured in the USA by Americans using American-made materials.

We have many styles and materials, and can make plaques in sizes from 10 inches to 10 feet in diameter. This page shows plaques featuring the Seal , Emblem and Logo of the US Army, seals and insignia of major commands, over 250 insignia, badges and shoulder patches of Divisions, Brigades and Companies, the Army Corps of Engineers, title and rank plaques, Command Boards, and personalized awards & memorial plaques. Photo galleries and descriptions of plaques of over 1100 seals and unit crests for the DoD and the other four armed forces (US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, and the US Coast Guard) are shown in other Galleries in this Military section, which can be viewed by clicking on the underlined link or by clicking on its name listed horizontally immediately below the gold masthead above.

PRODUCTS

We make attractive and authentic custom carved plaques from natural wood, artist-painted High-Density-Urethane (HDU) composite, and bronze, brass, nickel-silver, aluminum-plated and 24K gold and silver-leaf plaques of all sizes and designs for the US Army. We make custom seal, emblem, insignia, badge, logo and shoulder patch wall and podium plaques. These plaques include organization and unit identity, command boards, unit / individual recognition & awards, and personnel retirement and memorial plaques.

If you have questions on a specific type of plaque you are interested in, or you want information on our plaques or prices, you are always welcome to call Christie, Regina or Liz at 951-698-8484 or you can email us at info@artsignworks.com and we will respond promptly.

Fig. 3 - A 777 howitzer makes a great carving for a Field Artillery unit plaque.

In this gallery and the other Armed Forces galleries, we have a total of over 2000 photos of wall plaques and signs that we have made of military seals, crests, emblems, badges, insignia, medals, flags, and shoulder patches. We make base entrance signs, building signs, way-finding signs, ship signs, command boards, podium plaques, wall signs and door signs.

PLAQUE STYLES

We offer custom carved 2-D flat, 2.5-D multi-level relief, 3-D bas-relief and engraved dimensional authentic wall plaques of all sizes, from 10 inches to 120 inches in diameter, which are made from multi-color painted carved High-Density-Urethane (HDU), wood (cedar, redwood, mahogany, oak, maple, cherry), and metal-coated HDU (brass, bronze, copper, silver-nickel, stainless steel, and aluminum). We will work with you to design and build the exact wall plaque you want. We can customize the size, shape, carving relief, text, materials, and color scheme of any plaque shown on this page, and we can make a custom plaque for ANY artwork you may have. Send us a drawing, a photo or a rough sketch of your seal or crest, and we will design and make a carved dimensional plaque to your specifications. We have a large library of existing 3-D bas-relief and 2.5-D multi-level computer models that we use to carve these plaques, which greatly reduces graphic artist labor costs. The various styles of the plaques we make are described in our plaque STYLES section (click on "STYLES" on upper gold masthead to access pulldown menu). All our plaques are manufactured in the USA by American craftsmen.

Fig. 4 - M1A1 Tank Firing in Iraq. We can put a carving, a painting or a photo of a M1A tank on an Army plaque.

We can also combine materials on a plaque. We can use Mahogany plaque boards and carve 3-D bas-relief HDU appliques which are either multi-color painted or metal-plated, to mount on the Mahogany. We can cut out text and artwork from thin sheets of aluminum and mount these on 2.5-D multi-level Mahogany or cedar plaques with raised text and art; we call these metal-clad wood plaques. The contrast between the shiny metal and rough dark wood is striking. We can gild V-carved text of Mahogany plaques with 24K gold or silver leaf. We can also gild raised areas of painted HDU plaques. We also make separate cut-out metal, stained wood and painted HDU letters. We can provide a 3-D bas-relief cast bronze or aluminum memorial or living person plaque featuring the face or figure of an officer or enlisted man, etc.

Although we show primarily painted High-Density-Urethane plaques on this page, we can make any plaque out of natural wood (stained) or put any of several types of metallic coatings/color schemes on them . We can also put digitally printed long-lasting full color giclee vinyl (photos or very elaborate painted or digital art) as an applique on any HDU or wood plaque. For Command Boards, we make photo frames with glass covers where photos and names can be easily replaced when there are personnel changes. These are described in the Command Boards and Award Boards STYLE sections.

Fig. 5 - We make plaques in three different styles of relief, as shown above. Engraved plaques are in the same price category as 2.5-D relief plaques. Prices increase from left to right.

Fig. 6 - Carved wall plaque of Insignia for 2nd Infantry Division "Indianhead".

PLAQUE RETAIL PRICES

Our plaques have wide variations in prices, depending on size and style. Fig. 7 below shows our three basic relief styles, 2-D flat relief , 2.5-D multi-level relief, and 3-D bas-relief. These can be made of different materials, including natural wood, artist-painted High-Density-Urethane (HDU) , metal-coated HDU, and acrylic. Our STYLE page describes these in detail. All 3000 photos of plaques on this website has a Style Category and a Price Code listed in the second or third paragraph in the text description under the photo (click on the photo or title to expand the photo and read the text to get the price code of that plaque, then look up the price for different size plaques with that style on the Price List at the bottom of the PRICE page).

2-D Giclée Economy Plaques. Our lowest price economy 2-D giclee printed plaques feature digitally-printed full-color giclee vinyl appliques mounted on a round or rectangular wood or acrylic base. The retail prices for this type of two-dimensional (2-D) flat custom plaque are as low as $92 (Sintra or acrylic base) to $102 (Mahogany veneer wood base) for 10 inch diameter plaques. A set of 5 matched 10 inch diameter service Sintra or acrylic base plaques has a price of $414 plus shipping. The same style plaques in a 18 diameter size have prices of $145 (Sintra) and $170 (Mahogany veneer) each. A set of five 18 inch diameter matched Sintra or acrylic base giclée plaques (an example is Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard seal plaques) has a price of $825.

These low prices assume we have made a previous plaque of the same artwork design ( featured in one of our Galleries of over 5000 photos on this website, including photos of 3-D bas-relief plaques), or for new artwork, that we are provided a print-ready JPEG photo or colored drawing of the artwork for the plaque. These are styles 1.4.1 ( Mahogany veneer base) and 1.4.3 (Sintra or acrylic base) shown in the table at the bottom of the PRICE page. Many examples are shown on our 2-D flat Giclee Plaques web page. A set of five or more service/Agency plaques has a discount of 10% compared to these individual plaque prices. We use high-resolution photos of our 3-D bas-relief carved artist-painted, metal-plated, or stained wood plaques, or we can use high-quality colored drawings ; from a distance the photos look exactly like our 3-D carved plaques, except they are flat instead of 3-D. They are gorgeous because of the very high quality glossy color printing.

Carved 2.5-D Multi-Level Plaques. Our carved 2.5-D multi-level or engraved hand-crafted and artist-painted plaques have prices about twice that of the 2-D flat plaques with giclee printed art. These prices depend on the size, material, carving complexity, and number of colors. Prices for custom carved 18 inch diameter 2.5-D artist-painted HDU or stained wood custom plaques vary from $240 to $385. Prices increase with size. The table on the PRICE page gives prices for carved 2.5-D plaques of various sizes, materials, styles, and number of colors. About 80% of our military unit plaques are carved in 2.5-D multi-level flat or engraved relief, using High-Density-Urethane (HDU) as the substrate. These are very popular and look great. Many times the artwork provided to us for custom military plaques does not benefit from 3-D rendering, and we recommend a 2.5-D relief carving which looks nearly as good as 3-D and is 1/2 to 2/3 the price. Our 2.5-D relief plaques carve faster and are much faster to paint than 3-D bas-relief plaques, so they have lower prices. Most of our military and many of our government, university and corporate plaques are carved in 2.5-D relief.

Carved 3-D Bas-Relief Plaques. Our premium plaques are carved in 3-D bas-relief, using wood (usually Mahogany, Cedar, or Redwood), or High-Density-Urethane (HDU) as the substrate. These are higher- priced carved 3-D bas-relief artist-painted plaques, and have prices about 3 times that of the 2-D plaques. These are very high quality plaques, which usually feature great seals, and are often ordered by higher level commands in the military services, federal and state government agencies and courts. Prices for 18 inch diameter 3-D artist-painted or bronze, brass or silver-plated HDU or stained wood custom plaques vary from $380 to $585 each. Prices increase with plaque size. The table at the bottom of the PRICE page gives prices for carved 3-D plaques of various sizes, materials, styles, and number of colors. These high-quality plaques may require from 8 to 24 hours of machine carving time, and then 4 to 8 hours of artisan work to hand-sand and artist-brush paint or metal polish them. They are unique works-of-art for our most discriminating clients.

Chain-of-Command and Award Boards. We design and make custom wood and HDU chain-of-command and award boards of all sizes from 24 inches to 120 inches wide, for all five services. These are typically made of wood (African Mahogany, Redwood, Cedar and Oak) but we also make them from High-Density Urethane (HDU). These fully custom typically have several of the following features:

Carved raised painted text for permanent positions (e.g., CO, XO) or awards (e.g., soldier of the month)
Picture frames with glass covers for easy to change-out photos,
brass slide in holders for engraved brass name plates which can be changed out,
2.5-D multi-level or 3-D bas-relief carved and artist-painted or metal-plated crests, insignia or seals
For small, very detailed insignia, printed giclee vinyl appliques mounted on carved pedestals

These are described in the Command Boards and Award Boards STYLE sections.,Prices for these wood large command and award boards range from about $1000 for smaller boards (2 ft x 2 ft) to over $3500 for very large boards (i.e., 6 x 5 ft), Boards made of HDU instead of wood are significantly less. Call us at 951-698-8484 or email us at info@artsignworks.com for specific prices for your custom command and award board .

CONTENTS OF US ARMY PLAQUE PHOTO GALLERY

This Gallery contains 250 photos of wall and podium plaques of the seals, emblems, logos, and crests of the US Army. Sixteen hundred (1600) Plaques for other four services are given on four other webpages ( US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Air Force, and US Coast Guard) in this Military section.

This Gallery is organized in the following sections, listed in order top to bottom on this page (click on gold underlined text link to go directly to that section or page):

US Army Great Seal , Emblem and Logo - top of page, begins with photo MP-1000
Major Commands - begins with MP-1200
Division and Brigade Insignia - begins with MP-1400
Company & Platoon Insignia, Patches and Crests - begins with MP-2000
Corps of Engineers - begins with MP-2700
Command and Award Boards, Title and Rank Namplates & Mottos - begins with MP-3000
Personalized Award, Retirement and Memorial Plaques - begins with MP-3300

Please use the pull-down menu for "Plaque Types " in the gold masthead above to go to the Federal Government plaques or any of the other 24 photo galleries.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Please call or email us for a price quote on a specific plaque. We will work with you to design and build the exact plaque you want. One of our knowledgeable and helpful Customer Service Representatives, Christie, Regina, or Liz, will respond to your request promptly. Call us at 951-698-8484 or email us at info@artsignworks.com. Or, you can fill out and submit our on-line Request a Quote form. We would like to make your plaque, and we are confident that you will be pleased with it. We take great pride in every product we make for our valued clients. We offer a 2 year warranty on all our products, and our indoor plaques will last many decades without degradation.

WEBSITE NAVIGATION

You can view the bottom of the page using the slider on the scroll bar in the right margin. You can click on a photo or a title of a photo below to see an expanded view and a description of that plaque. You can return to this page by clicking on "Return to List" on the bottom left of each plaque title or description, or by using your back browser button. You can go to another Section or Gallery page by clicking on an item in the pull-down menus in the gold masthead at the top of this page.

You can search for a specific plaque type (e.g., "FBI" ) by entering the key word in the search box in the upper right of the gold masthead. You can view a list and use the navigation bar for all 24 Gallery types by viewing the silver box on the left side of the Home page. You can view a description of different plaque styles by going to the Style section listed above in the gold masthead. To request information, request a design and a quote, send a file, or to place an order, click on the text (e.g., "contact ", "quote", "file" or "order") in the far upper right of the gold masthead at the top of this page. All prices are given on the "Price" page in the menu in the gold masthead.

For more information on design options, prices and delivery times, please call us at 951-698- 8484 or email us at info@artsignworks.com, and one of our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives Christie , Regina or Liz will be pleased to help you.