This bronze jeton was issued in 1813 to commemorate Empress Marie-Louise's presence at the Monnaie des Médailles in Paris. Marie-Louise was the daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria and became Napoleon's second wife in April 1810 following his divorce from Joséphine. Their marriage represented an important diplomatic alliance between France and Austria, two nations that had fought repeatedly during the Napoleonic Wars.

The obverse depicts a portrait of a diademed Marie-Louise engraved by Bertrand Andrieu. The reverse features a screw coining press beneath her radiant monogram and an inscription commemorating her presence at the Paris medal mint in 1813. Screw presses were commonly known as balanciers and operated by bringing engraved dies together under strong pressure to strike a prepared metal blank. These presses had been used in European mints for centuries and remained a part of medal production during the Napoleonic period. The reverse was engraved by Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet under the direction of Dominique Vivant Denon, who oversaw Napoleon's official medal production.