Army Gold Medal

Army Gold Medal and Cross
Gold Medal and Gold Cross with clasp, both obverse
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
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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]