President's Inauguration Medal

__NOTOC__Infobox Military Award
name=President's Inauguration Medal


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awarded_by= Sri Lanka
type=Commemoration Medal
eligibility= All regular ranks of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force.
for= Service
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status=
description= Suspended from a plain suspension bar.
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established=
first_award=1978
last_award=
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higher= Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
same=
lower=50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal


caption2=The President's Inauguration Medal was granted to all regular officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force, but excluding those in the ranks of the Sri Lanka Cadet Corps, who were in service on the 04th February 1978 and who are recommended by the Commander of Army, Commander of the Navy and the Commander of the Air Force to receive the award. It was awarded to make the inauguration pf the first executive President of Sri Lanka.

References

External links

* [http://www.army.lk/ Sri Lanka Army]
* [http://www.defence.lk/ Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka]
* [http://www.nationalsecurity.lk/ Media Center for National Security : Sri Lanka]

References

*Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999", Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 995-8089-02-8