Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A mounted group of forty-two miniature dress medals representative of the medals worn by H.M. King Hussain of Jordan

Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Hussein bin Ali; Order of the Renaissance; Hashemite Star; Military Gallantry Medal; Order of the Star of Jordan; Order of Independence; Order of Military Merit; Medal for the Battle of Karama 1968; Medal for the Great Ramadan War 1973; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Hashemite Collar; Morroco, Kingdom, Order of El Mohammed I; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile; Iraq, Republic, Order of the Two Rivers; Syria, Republic, National Order of Ummayad; Lebanon, Republic, Order of Merit; Tunisia, Republic, Order of Independence; Oman, Sultanate, Order of Oman; Saudi Arabia, Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud; Yemen, Kingdom, Order of Ma’arib; Libya, Republic, Order of the Grand Conqueror; Iran, Empire, Order of Pahlavi; Great Britain, The Royal Victorian Order; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer; France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour; Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit; Malaysia, Federation, Order of the National Crown; Pakistan, Republic, Order of Pakistan; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic; Romania, Republic, Order of the Twenty Third of August; Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle; Philippines, Republic, Order of Sikatuna; Japan, Empire, Order of he Chrysanthemum; Austria, Second Republic, Order of Merit; Yugoslavia, Republic, Order of the Grand Star of Yugoslavia; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit; Great Britain, Order of the Bath (Military Division); Netherlands, Kingdom, Civil Order of Merit of the Netherlands Lion; Spain, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Fleece, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mounted for wear, about extremely fine and a remarkable set (42) £1,500-£2,000

Owing to the completeness and the rarity of some of the miniatures in this group, it would appear likely that this group of miniatures was mounted with the intention that it would be worn by H.M. King Hussain (who doubtless would have had various miniature groups both for wear and in reserve).