Nymph of the Meuse River holding a jar, surrounded by the arms and mottos of France, Belgium and the Dutch province of Nassau.
Obverse lettering
LA MEUSE
L`UNION FAIT LA FORCE
LIBERTE
EGALITE
FRATERNITE
JE MAINTIENDRAI
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Ribbon topped by the fortress towers of Verdun. Above, between a windmill and the palace of the Princes Bishops of Liège, the Meuse River and the arms of the Belgian and Dutch provinces it flows through.
Reverse lettering
MARCEL
RENARD
1939
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
