Order of al-Hussein bin Ali
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| Order of al-Hussein bin Ali Wisam al-Hussain ibn Ali |
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| Collar & Grand Cordon of the Order al-Hussein bin Ali | |
Awarded by  Jordan |
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| Type | Order |
| Awarded for | distinguished services, moral aid or volunteerism in the service of the masses |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | Abdullah II of Jordan |
| Grades (w/ post-nominals) | Grand Cordon with Collar Grand Cordon |
| Established | 22 June 1949 |
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| Next (lower) | Supreme Order of the Renaissance |
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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.
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