Awarded to administrators, commissioners and all others, working in those institutions and official organisations that were established to repair the material as well as human war damages, for meritorious services.

This medal was instituted, as a bronze gilt medal, on 22 May 1928. The obverse shows a woman (representing Belgium), holding flowers, against a background of a city with a tower being repaired. The reverse depicts the ruins of Ypres with the dates "1914" and "1918" and in a panel underneath, embellished by two oak leaves, the text : "SOUVENIR DE LA RESTAURATION NATIONALE" (In remembrance of the national restoration). The ribbon is red with two light blue stripes. A variant with a modified reverse does exist (see right picture). It is a metal, ungilded medal with the same obverse and reverse but has a bilingual inscription (the Flemish translation of the French original inscription has been added : "AANDENKEN VAN DE NATIONALE HERSTELLING") on the reverse panel. The same variant, but with a gilt finish, is also found and bears the maker's name "Alf. Mauquoy" on the obverse.