Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals: Canada (left), Caribbean realms (centre), and United Kingdom (right)
Awarded by the monarch of Antigua and Barbuda, monarch of Australia, monarch of The Bahamas, monarch of Barbados, monarch of Canada, monarch of Grenada, monarch of Jamaica, monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis, monarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and monarch of the United Kingdom
Type	Medal
Eligibility	A Commonwealth citizen who was alive on 6 February 2012
Awarded for	Having made an honourable service in military, police, prison, and emergency forces, or for outstanding achievement or public service
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Last awarded	1 December 2012
Total awarded	10 (Australia) 60, 000 (Canada) 3 (New Zealand) 450, 000 (United Kingdom)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Dependent on state
Next (lower)	Dependent on state
Ribbons of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (above: Canadian and British; below: Caribbean realms)

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (French: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. There are three versions of the medal: one issued by the United Kingdom, another by Canada, and the third for the Caribbean realms of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The ribbon used with the Canadian and British versions of the medal are the same, while the Caribbean medal's ribbon differs slightly. The different iterations of the medal were presented to tens of thousands of recipients throughout the Commonwealth realms in the jubilee year.

Named by Order in Council as the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Canadian medal was designed by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint. It takes the form of a disc with, on the obverse, a crowned effigy of the Queen circumscribed by the words ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA • CANADA (Latin for "Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen • Canada"). The reverse features Elizabeth's royal cypher crowned and superimposed upon a diamond shield, behind which is a bed of four maple leaves and a ribbon with the dates 1952 and 2012 to the left and right of the shield and VIVAT REGINA (long live the Queen) below, all on a field of diamonds.

In the United Kingdom, the medal, more properly known as The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, was designed by Timothy Noad, a calligrapher and illuminator. It depicts on the obverse the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of the Queen crowned with a tiara and is circumscribed by the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF (Latin for "Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith"). The reverse shows a faceted hexagon with a crowned royal cipher, inscribed with the years 1952 and 2012.