Iraq and Syria Campaign Medal

JOR016  وسام حملتي سوريا والعراق

• Medal was instituted by King Abdullah I in 1942.
• Medal was awarded to those who took part in the military operations against Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup in Iraq and in the Syria–Lebanon campaign.
• 1941 Iraqi coup d'état - was a nationalist coup d'état in Iraq on 1 April 1941.
• Syria–Lebanon campaign - was the British invasion of Vichy French Syria and Lebanon.

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