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Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal

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Type
  
Service Medal

Established
  
1968

Eligibility
  
all ranks of the Regular Forces of the Ceylon Army, Royal Ceylon Navy and Royal Ceylon Air Force'

Awarded for
  
"..completing 12 years service as defined in the regulations of the respective warrants"

Status
  
This award: Superseded by the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1972.

Description
  
Suspended from a plain suspension bar.

The Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal was a service medal of Ceylon from 1968 to 1972. It was granted to all ranks of the Regular Forces of the Ceylon Army, Royal Ceylon Navy and Royal Ceylon Air Force, who complete 12 years service as defined in the regulations of the respective warrants. It was replaced by the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal since 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic.

References

Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal Wikipedia