Sewa Padakkama
Sewa Padakkama | |
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Medal, obverse (right) and reverse (left) | |
Type | Service medal |
Awarded for | Service to the nation following the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War |
Description | Suspended from a plain suspension bar |
Presented by | Sri Lanka |
Eligibility | All ranks of the regular and volunteer servicepersons of the Military of Sri Lanka, including civilian staff. All ranks of the Sri Lanka Police |
Clasps | None |
Status | Currently awarded |
First awarded | 2019 |
Ribbon bar | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Sewabhimani Padakkama |
Next (lower) | Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal |
The Sewa Padakkama (Sinhala: සේවා පදක්කම; Service Medal) is a service medal awarded to servicepersons of the Military of Sri Lanka, for services to the nation and its development following the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War in May 2009.
Award process
All servicepersons of the regular and volunteer armed forces of Sri Lanka (including civilian staffers) and police service are eligible for the award, provided they have served for an uninterrupted period of at least three years from 19 May 2009 excluding the basic training period with a good conduct.[1]
It is ordained that the medal shall be granted to the Minister of Defence, the State Minister of Defence, the Secretary of Defence of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and all Ranks of the Regular and Volunteer Forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and members of the Sri Lanka Police, for the valuable contribution made since 19.05.2009, for the post-war activities, count not less than Three years of aggregate service excluding the basic training period with a good conduct and the permanent civil staff members with three years of aggregate service in Armed Services and Affiliates of the Sri Lanka Police subject to the regulations hereinafter made.[2]
References
External links
- Sri Lankan military awards and decorations
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Gallantry Medals |
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Sri Lanka Orders |
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Long Service and Good Conduct Medals | |
Wound medals | |
Peacetime Service Medals |
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- 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