No more than ten Maltese citizens may be awarded the medal over the course of a year.

The obverse bears the Coat of Arms of Malta on a gold colored metal disc superimposed over the star.

The top point of the star bears the inscription 1975 in gold.

The reverse depicts, in relief, a map of the Maltese Islands.

Below the wreath is the inscription Għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika (For Service to the Republic).