Obverse: the center of the coin depicts the symbol of the State of Vatican St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican police officer - gendarme. The edge of the coin engraved the words "CORPUS DELLA GENDARMERIA 1816 - 2016", while the bottom of the coin is the inscribed the name of the state "CITTA DEL VATICANO". The coin is inscribed on the left side of the mint mark, numbered "R" on the right side of the coin, the designer's initials "D. Longo".
Reverse: regular 2€ coin obverse image of the face value.
About the coin: the coin is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Vatican Gendarmerie. Vatican State has two forces, the Swiss Guard and the Vatican gendarmerie, which is carried out by police and customs duties. Vatican Gendarmerie established Pius VII will.