President's Inauguration Medal | |
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Type | Commemorative medal |
Awarded for | Service |
Description | Suspended from a plain suspension bar |
Presented by | Sri Lanka |
Eligibility | All regular ranks of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force |
Clasps | None |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | 1978 |
First awarded | 1978 |
Last awarded | 1978 |
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.