The effigy of the Republic, wearing the Phrygian cap and set against a background of rails, is surrounded by two branches of laurel. Different from the cornucopia (Monnaie de Paris)
Obverse lettering
BR
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
GEORGES GUIRAUD
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A laurel branch, a steam locomotive and an electric locomotive surmounting a nameplate cartouche.
Reverse lettering
MEDAILLE D`HONNEUR DES CHEMINS DE
FER
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
