Award pin

Award pins are commonly given to participants of youth sports as a method to reinforce excellent play and sportsmanship.

The Astronaut pin is awarded to military and civilian personnel who have completed training and performed a successful spaceflight and is the least-awarded qualification badge of the United States military.

[1][2] After Apollo 1's fire in 1967, NASA turned to Charles Schulz to use the character Snoopy for its new safety award.

The Silver Snoopy award pin was created to reward those who significantly contribute to the safety of spaceflight operations.

[3][4] In 2010, the French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand slightly pinned Marion Cotillard's chest as he decorated her with the award pin of the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.