Unbeknownst to me, the prestige medals and badges in CoD 4 are based on actual medals awarded in the military.

Good side-by-side Version: What the real life call of duty 4 prestige medals look like.

Or, the lazy man’s way, a crappy alternative version of the video embedded below. The guy that owns the good video does not allow embedding.

Less interesting video comparison I suggest a better video

OK so it’s chump time. I thought I was satisfied with prestige 1 so I stopped playing. Lately I’ve been getting a lot of shit at work because I stink at the game. Anytime we play a round of headquarters the team I’m on will get a big old doughnut. Perhaps a result of not playing it 2 hours every night. Also possibly a function of poor strategy and not respecting the kill/death ratio.

Now that I haven’t played CoD at home in at least a month it feels like time to dust off the PS3 and see if I can handle powering up in Prestige 2 zone. I’m sure I’ll totally stink but it’s time to work on pumping up the kill/death ratio. My typical k/d ratio in a game of headquarters was a pretty miserable 1:2.

The medal above is from a package of CoD 4 medals that downloaded from artistpavel.

Despite significant poor play I finally finished Prestige 1 at 3d 16h 55m. Only 5 hours quicker than the beginner level. Not too good! The problem was I did not put much strategy into gathering the points. I think I’m pretty much satisfied with this so I’m not going to try to waste another 2 days of my life trying to level up any more.

The medal above is from a package of CoD 4 medals that downloaded from artistpavel.

Some artist named Pavel made a bunch of nice icons for the Call of Duty 4 prestige level badge medals. Unfortunately I can only claim prestige 2 badge.

Download from Pavel’s page – Call of Duty 4: Prestige Medal Icon Pack