Texas Desert Shield-Desert Storm Campaign Medal


The Texas Desert Shield-Desert Storm Campaign Medal is the third highest campaign/service award that may be issued to a service member of the Texas Military Forces.

Eligibility

The Texas Desert Shield-Desert Storm Campaign Medal shall be issued to any service member of the Texas Military Forces who:

Awarding

, Chapter 437, Subchapter H., Section 355, Line 12.

Legal

The Texas Desert Shield-Desert Storm Campaign Medal was established by Senator John N. Leedom in Senate Bill 573, authorized by the Seventy-second Texas Legislature, and approved by Governor Ann Richards on 5 June 1991, effective on 26 August 1991.

Description

The medal pendant is of bronze, 1-1/4 of an inch in diameter. On the obverse side of the pendant is the State of Texas and superimposed over the State of Texas is a C-130 Hercules transport airplane over the panhandle of the state and in the center of the State of Texas are two Soldiers, waiting in readiness, encircled by the words "OPERATION DESERT STORM/DESERT SHIELD CAMPAIGN MEDAL". On the reverse side of the pendant is a five-pointed raised star, one point up, 1/2 of an inch in diameter, surrounded by a wreath formed by an olive branch on the right and a live oak branch on the left, encircled by the words, "TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD", along the upper arc and "FOR SERVICE", along the lower arc, in raised letters. The pendant is suspended by a ring from a silk moiré ribbon, 1-3/8 inches long and 1-3/8 inches wide, composed of stripes of blue, white, red, tan, black, tan, red, white, and blue.

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