Half-lenght portrait en face inside round frame
Two lyras in upper corners
Inscription "BACH" on the strip under the portrait
Medalier's mark near the neck to the right: CABRAL ANTUNES
JOHANN SEBASTIAN / BACH / COMPOSITOR ALEMÃO E UM DOS MAIORES GÉNIOS QUE A MÚSICA LEGOU'A HUMANIDADE / 1685-1750 [Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and one of the greatest genius that music bequeathed to the humankind]
Four lyras with laurel wreaths in corners and ornamentation closer to the edge around the image