The medal is 1 3/8 inches in diameter, made of gold plated
red brass. The obverse depicts a
triskelion superimposed over a
graticule surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse bears the words, in relief,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION arched above with the incuse inscription
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT on a scroll below. In the middle are the words
AWARDED TO with a space to engrave the recipient's name. The medal is suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8 inches wide made up of a mirrored pattern with a center stripe of old glory blue, a stripe of white with a thin stripes of paprika and black, followed by another stripe of white next to a thin stripe of black with an edge stripe of paprika. ==See also==