Canada Gulf and Kuwait Medal
- Canada Gulf and Kuwait Medal
The Gulf and Kuwait Medal recognizes the participation of Canadian Forces members deployed or in direct support of the operations against Iraq during the Gulf War. The medal is awarded to those employed during the build up of troops before the beginning of hostilities, and a bar is awarded for those deployed during the actual war.
Description
The medal is a circular medal of copper and zinc alloy (silver in colour), 1.42 inches (36 mm) in diameter. The medal was designed by Bruce Beatty.
*On the obverse: A crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, circumscribed with the
*On the reverse: In the centre, in five lines, the words: THE GULF / AND KUWAIT / 1990 - 1991 / LE GOLFE / ET KUWAIT within a laurel wreath, with a maple leaf centred at the bottom.
*A claw at the top of the medal is attached to a straight, slotted bar.
The ribbon is 32 mm wide with a sand-coloured (8 mm) middle stripe. Lying to each side of the middle stripe are three stripes representing the navy (dark blue, 5 mm), army (scarlet, 2 mm), and air force (light blue, 5 mm).
The bar is cupro-nickel (silver in colour) with a maple leaf at its centre.
Criteria
A person enrolled in, attached to or working with the Canadian Forces may be awarded this medal if the person served a minimum of 30 cumulative days in theatre (between 02 August 1990 and 27 June 1991), on operations to defend against aggression and to liberate Kuwait qualify for the Medal.
Those who served for one day, or more in the theatre of operations, during actual hostilities (16 January 1991 to 03 March 1991) were awarded the Medal and bar.
The theatre of operations was the special duty area of the Persian Gulf including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, as well as those other states on the immediate borders of Iraq.
Issued
*4,109 medals have been issued, including 3,604 with the bar.
ee also
*Gulf War Military Awards
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