The King Hussein Medal is a medal awarded to British and American personnel involved in relief operations codenamed Operation Shoveller during and after the Civil War of September 1970. All personnel was presented with the medal by King Hussein at the end of the deployment.

Permission to wear this medal was never issued for Great Britain.

The King Hussein Medal Design

The medal is circular and struck in silver with a red enamel emblem.

The obverse bears the emblem of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and the inscription “THE HASEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN” and its Arabic equivalent, with the date 1970 and Arabic equivalent on both sides. The reverse has a seven-line inscription across the center.

The ribbon is plain crimson.

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