Medals could be set or customization and would purely be for giving recognition to provinces that go above and beyond in service of the kingdom, or for fun awards at EOA or end of war. It would be cool if your player profile could then display medals you had received in past ages, but having them to give out during an age would be fun too.

I envision set medals that are awarded by the game itself after each war win like:

Sniper (did the last massacre to pk a province)

Legionnaire (Most attacks in a war/most uniques)

Battle Tested (Most attacks received in war)

Gandalf would be Proud (Most successful spells cast in war)

Backstabber (Most successful ops in war)

AND/OR customizable awards the Monarch could hand out.

I think loyal and active provinces should get some recognition besides honor (cause what about the guy that always gets chained) and be able to carry it with them throughout the ages (without a need for social presence and name recognition to prove they are a quality player)