English: The badge of honor of the winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine is made of yellow metal and has the shape of a round medal with a bas-relief image of Taras Shevchenko (self-portrait at a young age), framed with double stripes and a simple wreath of floral ornaments. The medal is connected by a ring with an eyelet to a bow-shaped shaped shoe covered with a blue and yellow ribbon. In the center of the pad is an image of the Sign of the Princely State of Vladimir the Great against the background of images of viburnum branches and a brush and pen.