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Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

The Kuwait Liberation Medal – Saudi Arabia version – was established by King Fahd ibn Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to recognize service during the Liberation of Kuwait. These military medals are awarded to members of the Coalition Forces who participated in Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait between January and February of 1991. It is considered the rarer of the two Kuwait Liberation Medals, and for this reason is established as the senior in precedence. These military ribbons and medals were awarded for service in support of Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and within the borders of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Eligibility for these awards include all combat duty, or serving for one or more days in ground/shore operations, aboard navel vessels or aircraft supporting military operations, or serving for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days on temporary duty in support of the Gulf War operations. Kuwait Liberation (Saudi Arabia) Medals are not US military medals, but foreign awards, and unlike the medals of America, they are presented by the Saudi Arabian government. United States military branches view foreign issue military medals as ranking lower than almost all military decorations issued by American governmental organizations.

These military medals are worn below the Vietnam Campaign Medal and above the Kuwait version of the Kuwait Liberation Medal in the general order of precedence that has been established for the proper display of all military medals and ribbons for United States service personnel. These awards can be worn as traditional full size military medals and mini medals, military ribbons and lapel pins. They are available as traditional slide-on, full size military medals or mini-medals, and slide-on military ribbons. Nowadays however, more and more military service personnel are realizing the value to their career goals of always having their uniform decorations looking their best, and have turned to the slimmer and trimmer thin military medals and mini medals and the ultra thin military ribbons to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays available anywhere. Most reputable commercial military insignia suppliers offer these sleek new ribbon racks at no additional charge to military personnel.