Need Help - Medaille D'honneur Des Services Benevoles (France)

Hello all,

Today I picked this up from a Rommelmarkt in Belgium, not this one but one exactly the same, same colour, same ribbon, carbon copy of this one pictured.

It came with a piece of paper folded inside it (which is what drew me to it), the paper was a reciept or sort of authorization from the maker in Paris, this place

https://bacqueville-medailles.com/i...%C3%A9daille

It says Monsieur xxxxx has been awarded/authorized this Medaille Or (Gold in French). Has other writing too but its all in French, then handsigned by the President of the committee. Its not a Certificate like they do these days but its a A5 size piece with the shop, the shops address, the writing, his name, the date (which is 1974) and ofc the signature of the President.

My question is, is this medal made of Gold? It looks it, I tried to ask the Now President on Facebook but he seemed to answer with a riddle, maybe because he's French it got lost in translation lol.

It has small markings on the side of the medal, very small and feint but looks like a triangle with some writing next to it but again, far to small to read.

The medal itself is the Medal of Honor for Volunteer services in France.

Any clarification would be a massive help, the colour on my medal is exactly the same as this one.

All the best