Gulf Medal

Gulf Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Type	Campaign medal
Awarded for	Campaign service
Description	Cupro-nickel disk, 36 mm diameter
Presented by	United Kingdom
Eligibility	British forces
Campaign(s)	Kuwait and Saudi Arabia 1990–91
Clasps	2 Aug 1990 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991
Established	1992
Total	61,000+ (including civilians)
Ribbon bar: 32 mm wide Ribbon bar with rosette, denoting entitlement to clasp Ribbon bar with oak leaf for Mentioned in Dispatches

The Gulf War Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1992, for issue to officers and men of British forces who served in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during Operation Granby (the Liberation of Kuwait) in 1990–91.