The Best New National eID Card award was presented to the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board for Estonia’s new-generation national ID card, issued from November 2025. The card pairs an upgraded physical credential with Estonia’s mature eID system that underpins ‘eEstonia’.

Its nature-inspired design aligns with the wider Estonian document family, using consistent colour, typography and security motifs. A diffractive surface pattern evokes shimmering water, while a new-generation DOVID shows a boulder emerging from water, referencing Estonia’s glacial boulders. The country’s national bird, the barn swallow, appears through tactile and optically variable features to support intuitive first-line checks.

As a world first, the card incorporates Thales Gemalto RevealPlus, combining a window with a secondary portrait, decoder lens and hidden portrait data; tilting reveals animated rolling text and angle-dependent information. Thales Gemalto True Vision adds a UV control, revealing a natural-colour cornflower on the reverse. The translucent polycarbonate body shows the embedded contactless antenna, and an advanced chip supports both contact and contactless use for secure access to public and private digital services.