Order of Al Hussein bin Ali

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Type Order Sovereign Abdullah II of Jordan		Status Currently constituted Established 22 June 1949

Awarded for distinguished services, moral aid or volunteerism in the service of the masses Grades Grand Cordon with CollarGrand Cordon

The Order of al-Hussein bin Ali is the highest knighthood order of the Kingdom of Jordan. It was founded on 22 June 1949 by King Abdullah I of Jordan with the scope of rewarding benevolence and foreign Heads of State. The classe of Grand Cordon was introduced by King Hussein on 23 September 1967.

Insignia

The collar is made of a double chain in gold and enamel with alterning golden stars of five points and small dark red-enamelled flowers decorated in gold with sentences in Arabic

The badge is made of a gold-and-diamond oval with at its centre a dark radianting red disc with a golden sentence in Arabic. The badge is hung to the Grand Cordon through ua golden royal crown.

The plaque has the same design as the badge.

The ribbon of the class of Grand Cordon is violet. The class of Collar has no ribbon.