Specimen No. 83 Elizabeth Cross awarded to next-of-kin of members of Her Majesty's services killed on active service, 2009 (c)

This commemorative award was first announced in July 2009 and has since been backdated to 1 January 1948. Families receive a large version of the cross, a pin-on miniature and a memorial scroll signed by the monarch. The scroll bears the words: 'This scroll commemorates [name] who gave his/her life for Queen and country on the [day] day of [month] [year]'.

The cross itself is made of hallmarked silver carrying the rose of England, the Scottish thistle, the Irish shamrock, and the Welsh daffodil. The centre bears the crowned cypher of Queen Elizabeth II. The cross is backed by a representation of a laurel wreath.