Allan Border Medal on Allan Border Medal night. The award ceremony itself is a major publicity event and usually takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, towards the end of January or the start of February each year. The 2014 and 2017 ceremonies however, were both held in Sydney. The award ceremony itself is also broadcast live and screened on the digital channel GEM. Five cricketers have won the award more than once. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke won the award four times, sharing the award in 2009. The other multiple winners are Shane Watson, David Warner and Steve Smith, who have
Medal for Exemplary Border Service in his hands and a machine gun slung across his chest. Behind him and to the left is an East German border marker. Near the top rim is a semicircular inscription: () “For Exemplary Border Service”. The reverse of the medal displays the Coat of Arms of the GDR. This version of the medal is not numbered on the reverse. This medal was worn on the left upper chest suspended from a woven 21mm wide pentagonal shaped 46 x 35mm ribbon. The Ribbon was initially dark green later changed to lighter green shade with two perpendicular 1 mm wide red