The Sri Lankan Armed Forces award medals and their associated ribbon bars in recognition of various levels of service, personal accomplishments and commemorative events while a regular- or volunteer serviceperson is a member of the Sri Lanka Army , Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Air Force . Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a serviceperson's career.
6-978: Service award Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Award Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal [REDACTED] Type Commemorative medal Awarded for Service Presented by Ceylon Eligibility All ranks of the Ceylon armed services in active service during the 1949-1951 period Clasps None Status No longer awarded Established July 1955 First awarded 1955 [REDACTED] Ribbon bar Precedence Next (higher) Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama (Sri Lanka) Pakistan Medal ( United Kingdom ) Next (lower) Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal (Sri Lanka) Ceylon Police Independence Medal ( United Kingdom ) The Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal
12-399: Is awarded to Sri Lankan military service personnel serving in both the regular- and volunteer forces as a reward for: ...individual or associated acts of bravery in the face of the enemy and performed voluntarily... Bars could be awarded for further acts of gallantry meriting the award for a second and third time, denoted by a star in the ribbon bar for each additional award. The award
18-515: Is different from Wikidata Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka The United Nations Medal for participation in UN peacekeeping operations: From its formation in 1949, the Ceylon Armed Forces continued the use of British military decorations . This was discontinued in 1956 with a suspension of nominations for British honours; until Sri Lanka's republican constitution of 1972 ,
24-672: The Military Forces Prizes, medals, and awards Civil awards Police awards and decorations Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ceylon_Armed_Services_Inauguration_Medal&oldid=1089881610 " Categories : Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Awards established in 1955 1955 establishments in Ceylon Hidden categories: Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y Articles with short description Short description
30-607: The following awards were used: Imperial and local medals awarded for military service to the colony and empire. The various decorations and medals are worn in the order stipulated for each service by its service commander. The order in which decorations and medals are to be worn have been defined in the Dress Regulation of the Sri Lanka Army. Rana Wickrama Padakkama The Rana Wickrama Padakkama ( RWP , Combat Gallantry Medal) ( Sinhala : රණ වික්රම පදක්කම)
36-3290: Was awarded to members of the Ceylon armed services who served within their specific service branch during periods in 1949-1951 when their service branch was established: Ceylon Army (10 October 1949) Royal Ceylon Navy (9 December 1950) Royal Ceylon Air Force (2 March 1951). References [ edit ] ^ "No. 56878" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3353. Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999 , Sri Lanka Army . ISBN 955-8089-02-8 External links [ edit ] Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Air Force Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka v t e [REDACTED] Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka Current Gallantry Medals [REDACTED] Parama Weera Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Weerodara Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Rana Wickrama Padakkama [REDACTED] Rana Sura Padakkama Sri Lanka Orders [REDACTED] Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya [REDACTED] Prashansaniya Seva Vibhushanaya Long Service and Good Conduct Medals [REDACTED] Uttama Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Karyakshama Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama [REDACTED] Videsha Seva Padakkama Wound medals [REDACTED] Desha Putra Sammanaya [REDACTED] Uththama Pooja Pranama Padakkama Peacetime Service Medals [REDACTED] Sewabhimani Padakkama [REDACTED] Sewa Padakkama War service medals [REDACTED] Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal [REDACTED] Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal [REDACTED] Purna Bhumi Padakkama [REDACTED] North and East Operations Medal [REDACTED] Vadamarachchi Operation Medal [REDACTED] Riviresa Campaign Services Medal Commemorative medals [REDACTED] Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal [REDACTED] Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal [REDACTED] Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Air Force 25th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal [REDACTED] President's Inauguration Medal [REDACTED] 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal [REDACTED] Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal [REDACTED] 75th Independence Day Commemoration Medal Obsolete [REDACTED] Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) [REDACTED] Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) [REDACTED] Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal [REDACTED] Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in
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