Logo/ from Photoshop to Illustrator

I have a logo I designed in Photoshop and I need to re-do it in Illustrator. I just need some tips and tricks on working in Illustrator.
(Logo at Bottom)
Now I used the bevel/ emboss effect a lot on this, when I go to bevel in illustrator (effects>3D>extrude/bevel) it just doesn't work as nice as it does in Photoshop, Is there another way to create the bevel effect ?.... Also I am using a texture overlay on the medal piece. What the best way to do this in Illustrator... What I did was, I took the texture in Photoshop and made the highest contrast I could possible. Then I did an image trace on that in Illustrator. Then created made a mask of that to a circle. That made my circle disappear so had to create a new circle for the background... Is this the best method for overlaying a texture?

Few spots aren't perfect, but I think I am happy with this.

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