Depicts a portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan facing right, wearing a traditional cloak and headpiece, denomination below portrait enclosed by inscriptions in Arabic "His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan" above and "The 30th Anniversary of the Accession Day" below.

The traditional men's headwear in some Middle Eastern areas consists of three components: a knitted skull-cap known as the "keffiyeh," (also referred to as a ghutrah, shemagh, or ḥaṭṭah) a large cotton headscarf, typically plain white or with a red-and-white checkered pattern, called the "ghutra," and a black cord named the "agal," which secures the ghutra in place.

Depicts the emblem of the event (the Accession Day of H.H Sheikh as a circle in the center surrounded by his name Zayed eight times in Althuluth calligraphy) inscriptions "Years of welfare and giving" above and "President of the United Arab Emirates" below in Arabic.