The medal is awarded to individuals who have served as a Member of the Senate, Legislative Assembly, or House of Representatives since 1 November 1921.

[2] The Malta Self-Government Re-introduction Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Medal is circular, 36 mm (1.4 in) wide, and made of silver.

The reverse bears the year 1921 surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves bound at the top, bottom, and sides.

Encircling the wreath is the inscription RE-INTRODUZZJONI TA' GVERN RESPONSABBLI * IL-ĦAMSA U SEBGĦIN ANNIVERSARJU * 1996 * in relief.

On the bar is a design, in relief, of an olive branch and palm frond joined at the middle.