On the top, the emblem of the State of Israel, and underneath, in French, the words `Presented by the Government of Israel to` and a blank space for the name of the recipient.
Obverse lettering
PRESENTE PAR LE GOUVERNEMENT
D`ISRAEL
Obverse script
Reverse description
The emblem of the International Press Institute (a globe surmounted by the initials IPI). Traversing the whole width are the words `International Press Institute`. Above to the left are the words in English, `Tenth General Assembly` and beneath, in English and Hebrew: `Tel Aviv, May 1961`.
Reverse lettering
TENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IPI
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE
TEL-AVIV
MAY 1961
תל אביב
אייר תשכ`א
