38 Medals You Can Earn As A Brave Soldier

Hello, Warriors!

Previously, we wrote about the various gallantry awards and medals for the peacetime and wartime form the Param Vir Chakra to the Shaurya Chakra, from Gallantry Medals to Service Medals. Among these, other awards and medals, most of which are decommissioned today, included:

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS

1. Wound Medal
2. General Service Medal 1947
3. Samanya Seva Medal
4. Special Service Medal
5. Samar Seva Star
6. Poorvi Star
7. Paschimi Star
8. Operation Vijay Star
9. Siachen Glacier Medal
10. Raksha Medal
11. Sangram Medal
12. Operation Vijay Medal
13. Operation Parakram Medal
14. Sainya Seva Medal
15. High Altitude Service Medal
16. Videsh Seva Medal

LONG SERVICE AWARDS

1. Meritorious Service Medal
2. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
3. 30 Years Long Service Medal
4. 20 Years Long Service Medal
5. 9 Years Long Service Medal
6. Territorial Army Decoration
7. Territorial Army Medal

INDEPENDENCE MEDALS

1. Indian Independence Medal
2. 50th Independence Anniversary Medal
3. 25th Independence Anniversary Medal

The order, in which these medals are to be worn by the recipients, is

1. Param Vir Chakra
2. Ashoka Chakra
3. Sarvattam Yudh Seva Medal
4. Param Vishisht Seva Medal
5. Maha Vir Chakra
6. Kirti Chakra
7. Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
8. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
9. Vir Chakra
10. Shaurya Chakra
11. Yudh Seva Medal
12. Sena /Nau Sena/Vayu Sena Medal
13. Vishisht Seva Medal
14. General Service Medal – 1947
15. Samanya Seva Medal – 1965
16. Special Service Medal
17. Samar Seva Star-1965
18. Poorvi Star
19. Paschimi Star
20. OP Vijay Star Medal
21. Siachen Glacier Medal
22. Raksha Medal – 1965
23. Sangram Medal
24. OP Vijay Medal
25. OP Parakram Medal
26. Sainya Seva Medal
27. High Altitude Medal
28. Videsh Seva Medal
29. Meritorious Service Medal
30. Territorial Army Decoration
31. Territorial Army Medal
32. Indian Independence Medal-1947
33. Independence Medal – 1950
34. 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
35. 25th Independence Anniversary Medal
36. 30 Years Long Service Medal
37. 20 Years Long Service Medal
38. 9 Years Long Service Medal