Allan Border Medal won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011. Ref: No count-back is used in the Allan Border Medal. On Allan Border Medal night there are also other awards announced such as the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, One Day International Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year, Twenty20 International player of the year, State Player of the Year and Women's International Cricketer of the Year. Shane Watson won a total of 7 awards which is the most by any player. He is the
Medal for Exemplary Border Service stripes spaced 1.5 mm from each edge of the ribbon. Berlin sculptor Fritz Schulz also designed this medal. In 1976 the head of the GDR Border Guard () proposed to create a new style of medal since the design on the obverse showed an out of date border policeman with an obsolete machine gun. He suggested that the revised medal be presented on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Border Troops of the GDR. The graphic artist Hans Räde proposed four different designs. Minister of National Defense, Army General Hoffmann, rejected all of these proposals. He felt the