Army Gold Medal and Cross | |
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Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Campaign commands (conspicuous service) |
Description | Medal: obverse Britannia with shield, laurel wreath and palm branch reverse name of first battle awarded, with laurel wreath Cross: cross pattée with proud lion, battle names on arms Clasps: laurel wreath with battle name Ribbon: broad crimson with blue border |
Presented by | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Eligibility | British Army field and general officers |
Campaign(s) | French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793–1814, Anglo-American War of 1812. |
Clasps | 27 authorised |
Established | 1810 |
The Army Gold Medal (1808–1814), also known as the Peninsular Gold Medal, with an accompanying Gold Cross, was a British campaign medal awarded in recognition of field and general officers' successful commands in campaigns, predominantly the Peninsular War.[1] It was not a general medal, since it was issued only to officers whose status was no less than that of battalion commander or equivalent.[2]