It definitely looses in translation, but: waited for a long while while whisting silently, abandoned hope evenso it arrived
(didn't know whist as a verb, learned something
)
I don't think there's a medal, but it was accompanied with a "brevet card" listing my four rides. I submitted three 600km brevets from the Netherlands, UK and Italy (that being the Rando Imperator) plus Borders of Belgium.