Military Medal 🎖

🎖 (U+1F396) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Military Medal is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: MILITARY MEDAL depicts achievement and recognition in a formal or ceremonial context. In messaging, it can mark awards, commendations, or a sense of earned status. It supports text that celebrates service or success, and helps convey respect in conversations about career milestones. Designers may place it near captions, certificates, or progress updates to emphasize merit. Use it to acknowledge hard work in professional chats, student projects, or teamwork dashboards. Be mindful that appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color and detail may differ. If a platform lacks color emoji, a monochrome version may appear. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning, and provide a descriptive alt in assistive interfaces.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F396 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.

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