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Medals of the Sri Lankan military displayed on a Sri Lanka Army service uniform. 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.
The modern national honours of Sri Lanka was constituted in 1986 by the Extraordinary Gazette No. 387/3 issued on 2 March 1986, which established a uniquely indigenous honours system of titles, decorations and medals which are awarded to recognise achievements of, or service by, Sri Lankans or others in connection with Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Air Force 25th Anniversary Medal; Sri Lanka Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal; Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal; Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal; Sri Lanka Army 50th Anniversary Medal; Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal; Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal; Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal
The WWV is the highest wartime military decoration awarded by Sri Lanka that has not been awarded posthumously. 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.
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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 is the only one to have been awarded to a military animal in Sri Lanka.
Category: Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka. ... Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka (11 C, 31 P) M. Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka (2 ...
In 1972, Ceylon became a republic as the Republic of Sri Lanka. On 1 September 1981, President J. R. Jayewardene instituted new Sri Lankan awards for gallantry the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV), Weerodara Vibhushanaya (WV), Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya (WWV), Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWV), and the Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP) by the Gazette ...