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Riviresa Campaign Services Medal

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Type
  
Campaign medal

Established
  
1996

Campaign(s)
  
Operation Riviresa

Riviresa Campaign Services Medal

Eligibility
  
Officers and other ranks of the tri services (Regular/Volunteer).

Awarded for
  
...who have served in Operation Riviresa.

Description
  
Suspended from a plain suspension bar.

The Riviresa Campaign Services Medal (In Sinhalese:වඩමාරච්චි මෙහෙයුම් පදක්කම) is presented to all ranks of the Regular and Volunteer Forces of the military of the Republic of Sri Lanka and to those who have served in Operation Riviresa.

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Who received the medal

  • Deputy Minister of Defence, Service Commanders, Inspector General of Police
  • All persons of the Security Forces who were actively involved in the military operations in the Operation Riviresa.
  • All police personnel who were actively involved in the military operations in the Operation Riviresa.
  • All those individuals, both military and civil, who were involved in planning the Operation Rivires and were present in the Jaffna Peninsula during the Operation Riviresa.
  • All armed and civil Doctors and hospital staff who provided medical support and care to the casualties during the Operation Riviresa.

    • How medal awarded

    The decoration is presented by His/Her Excellency the President after recommended by the respective Service Commanders.

    References

    Riviresa Campaign Services Medal Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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