The Croix de l`Ordre National du Mérite and its blue ribbon. Portrait of General de Gaulle, creator of the Ordre National du Mérite, instituted on December 3, 1963.
Obverse lettering
ORDRE NATIONAL DU MÉRITE
1963
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
French coat of arms with rooster, fleur-de-lys, imperial crown and laurels.
