White enamel cross pattée of five arms with gilt ball-tipped finials, a green enamel laurel wreath between the arms, a ten-pointed red enamel star centrally imposed, on oval suspension wreath of
cotton leaves; the face with a circular central blue enamel medallion bearing a gilt half-length portrait of Emperor Bokassa I facing right within a green enamel ring inscribed 'SMI BOKASSA 1er,
EMPIRE CENTRAFRICAIN' (His Imperial Majesty Bokassa I, Central African Empire); the reverse with a gilt circular central medallion depicting a peasant driving a tractor and trailer, a tree to the
left, a village beyond, within a green enamel ring inscribed 'OPERATION BOKASSA'; flaking and loss of green enamel on the rings of face and reverse (see illustrations); on original ribbon with
Rosette denoting an award of the Officer class.
