Award Certificates
For most Caidan awards, the Crown bestows upon the recipient a medalion bearing the badge of the Order, and an award certificate, dated and signed by the King and Queen. The award certificate commemorates the award and the reason it was granted.
Notable exceptions include Awards and Grants of Arms, which consist solely of the award certificate, and the Vanguard of Honor, Corde de Guerre and Signum Reginae (and its variants) which consist solely of a piece of regalia. Also, only the Queen signs the award certificate for a Legion of Courtesy award.
For awards which grant a title and/or change in Order of Precedence, the award recipient can contact the Scribe Armarius to request the production of a "scroll". The scroll is a legal document which more formally comemorates the award and is signed and sealed by the King and Queen that had reigned at the time of the granting of the award. Some scrolls also include the recipient's arms, in which case, the Crescent Principal Herald also signs and seals the document.
Award Promissories
Previously "award certificates" were called "award promissories" because they were a promise for the production of a finished scroll. Today, with the requirement that the recipient request scroll production, the certificate does not promise anything. Thus the change to more accurate terminology.
