Award trophies with enhanced recipient assembly characteristics

An award for recipient final assembly, comprising:

• a base having a cylindrical and annular side wall capable of supporting an award such as a statuette, said side wall having an external cylindrical circumference, and said side wall has at least two opposing closely spaced holes along said external cylindrical circumference of the side wall of the base, said closely spaced holes exhibit a center-to-center spacing therebetween of not greater than about one inch (25.4 mm);
• a placard engraving plate that is an elongated and flexible strip having a length approximately identical to the external circumference of said side wall of the base, said length being defined between two end edges of the placard, said placard includes at least two connector holes;
• at least two connecting members, each connector hole of the side wall being adapted to receive one of said connecting members for assembly of the placard strip onto the side wall of the base;
• said at least two connector holes are spaced a given distance from said end edges of the placard strip such that when said placard strip is wrapped around said cylindrical side wall, each of the connector holes of the placard strip aligns with said closely spaced holes of the side wall and said two end edges of the placard strip are substantially devoid of a visible gap therebetween after assembly of the placard strip onto the side wall by the connecting members;
• said side wall has a selected height, and said placard strip has a width that is approximately identical to said selected height of the side wall;
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• an award positioned on said first member base at a location on the base other than on said cylindrical side wall.

A method for recipient addition of award indicia onto an award trophy comprising:

• providing an award trophy having a base with a cylindrical side wall having an external circumference and an award such as a statuette mounted on the base;
• forming at least two opposing closely spaced holes within the side wall of the base to create an incomplete award trophy assembly having the appearance of a finished award trophy;
• presenting the incomplete award trophy assembly to a recipient of an award from an organization;
• preparing a flexible elongated placard strip having a length substantially equivalent to the external circumference of the cylindrical side wall, making at least two connector holes through the placard strip at a location spaced substantially close to the ends of the placard strip and positioning the connector holes such that they exactly overlay the connector holes when the placard is assembled to the side wall of the base, and adding indicia pertinent to the award that has been presented to the recipient;
• providing the indicia-containing placard strip to the recipient, and providing connecting members sized and shaped to pass through the connector holes of the placard strip and fit securely in the closely spaced holes of the side wall;
• subsequently wrapping the indicia-containing placard strip onto the side wall of the previously presented incomplete award trophy and aligning the connector holes of the placard strip with the closely spaced holes of the incomplete award trophy, and using the connecting members to secure the indicia-containing placard strip to the side wall to thereby prepare a completed award trophy with award indicia secured thereto.