Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal

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Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	Completion of 12 years of service
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All ranks of the regular forces of the Ceylon Army, Royal Ceylon Navy and Royal Ceylon Air Force'^[1]
Clasps	None
Status	Superseded by the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1972
Established	1968
Last awarded	1972

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Precedence
Next (higher)	Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Next (lower)	Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal

The Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal (Sinhala: සන්නද්ධ සේවා දීර්ඝ සේවා පදක්කම ārakśaka sēvā dhīrgha sēvā padakkama) 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 provided they had completed 12 years of service. It was replaced by the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic.

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Sri Lankan military awards and decorations

Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8

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Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka

Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka

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Gallantry Medals	Parama Weera Vibhushanaya Weerodara Vibhushanaya Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya Rana Wickrama Padakkama Rana Sura Padakkama
Sri Lanka Orders	Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya Prashansaniya Seva Vibhushanaya
Long Service and Good Conduct Medals	Uttama Seva Padakkama Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal Karyakshama Seva Padakkama Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama Videsha Seva Padakkama
Wound medals	Desha Putra Sammanaya Uththama Pooja Pranama Padakkama
Peacetime Service Medals	Sewabhimani Padakkama Sewa Padakkama

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Commemorative medals

Obsolete

Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon)
Efficiency Medal (Ceylon)
Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal
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