The obverse represents a P-38 on the first plan. In the background, Antoine de St Exupéry La face représente un P-38 au premier plan, En arrière-plan, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry stands in pilot outfit of the Free French Air Forces. The Little Prince stands on his shoulder.

Below the medal, 2 other emblematic planes of St Exupery carreer of pilot : a Breguet 14 and a Caudron Simoun.