President's Inauguration Medal

Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
President's Inauguration Medal
TypeCommemorative medal
Awarded forService
DescriptionSuspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented bySri Lanka
EligibilityAll regular ranks of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force
ClaspsNone
StatusNo longer awarded
Established1978
First award1978
Final award1978
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
Next (lower)50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal

The President's Inauguration Medal (Sinhala: ජනාධිපති ධූරප්‍රාප්ත පදක්කම janādhipathi dhūraprāptha padakkama) was a decoration of the Military of Sri Lanka, granted to all regular servicepersons of the country's armed services in service on 4 February 1978, following a formal recommendation by the tri-service commanders.[1] The decoration commemorated the inauguration of the first executive president of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene.

References

  1. ^ "Medal". Sri Lanka Navy. navy.lk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  • Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition – October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" – 1949–1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.