Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal
Service award
Award
Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal | |
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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 |
Ribbon bar | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama (Sri Lanka) Pakistan Medal (United Kingdom)[1] |
Next (lower) | Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal (Sri Lanka) Ceylon Police Independence Medal (United Kingdom)[1] |
The Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal 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
- ^ a b "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
- Sri Lanka Army
- Sri Lanka Navy
- Sri Lanka Air Force
- Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka
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Gallantry Medals |
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Sri Lanka Orders | |
Long Service and Good Conduct Medals | |
Wound medals | |
Peacetime Service Medals |
- Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal
- Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal
- Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal
- Sri Lanka Air Force 25th Anniversary Medal
- Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal
- Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal
- Sri Lanka Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal
- President's Inauguration Medal
- 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal
- Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal
- 75th Independence Day Commemoration Medal