British wear of foreign awards ?

[Grant Broadhurst]

Hi ,

I just wanted to know what the regulations are on the wear of foreign awards alongside British on their medal bars ( current not WW2,1 ) . I know a mate who served in the first Gulf war was told he couldn't wear the kuwait and saudi awards he was given but i,m sure i,ve seen a soldier wearing an American bronze star alongside his British gongs ?

Cheers

Grant

[Ed_Haynes]

They have to be approved and have permission from the crown to wear. Usually, permission is given for decorations, while permission for campaign awards isn't. Those approved are usually (but not always) published in the London Gazette and can be searched online. This gets very controversial, however, and in recent years has gotten wrapped up in the whole "well, I served, don't I deserve a medal (or six)" trend.

[JBFloyd]

Blanket permission was given to accept, but NOT wear the Saudi and Kuwaiti campaign medals.

As Ed notes, decorations are handled individually.

[Grant Broadhurst]

Ok so the American Bronze Star being a decoration was ok but the Saudi and Kuwaiti medals being campaign awards are not ok to wear , got it .

[Dave Danner]

So what "foreign" service or campaign medals have been authorized (or authorised) for wear?

Off the top of my head, the ones that come to mind are:

Turkish Crimean War Medal

Khedive's Star

Khedive's Sudan Medal

UN Korea Medal

The various NATO Medals (Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Non-Article 5)

UN Cyprus Medal

other UN Medals ?

[Laurence Strong]

If you mean the Saudi issued medal for the first gulf war, we have the same restriction for wearing it in Canada.