Vishisht Seva Medal

Awarded by President of India

Type

Non-Gallantry

Category

Distinguished Service

Description

awarded to all ranks of the armed forces

Obverse

A 35-mm circular medal, with a five-pointed star in the centre.
Suspended from a straight-bar suspender. Named on the edge.

Reverse

The state emblem with the name of the decoration in Hindi above.
"Vishisht Seva Medal" in Hindi.

Ribbon

32 mm, yellow with three 2 mm dark blue stripes. Yellow 6.5 mm,
dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm, dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm,
dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm.

Instituted

January 26, 1960

Previous name(s)

Vishisht Seva Medal, Class III. (till January 27, 1967)

Award rank
← Sena Medal (Army) Nausena Medal (Navy) Vayusena Medal (Air Force)	Police Medal for Gallantry^[1] →

Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the Indian armed forces.

The award may be granted posthumously and subsequent awards are represented by a bar worn on the ribbon. The award carries with it the right to use "VSM" as post-nominal letters. The medal was originally established as the "Vishisht Seva Medal, Class III".^[2] It was renamed to its present name on 27 January 1967. The design of the medal remained unchanged and the change be reflected only in the records.

From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize exceptional services in an operational environment.^[2] Since then the VSM has been restricted to non-operational service.

References

↑ "Precedence Of Medals". http://indianarmy.nic.in/. Indian Army. Retrieved 9 September 2014. External link in |work= (help)
1 2 Ed Haynes. "Vishisht Seva Medal".

Indian honours and decorations

Civilian

International

National

Children	National Bravery Award National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement National Bal Shree Honour

Women	Stree Shakti Puraskar

Police	President's Police Medal for Gallantry Police Medal for Gallantry

Central

By field

Literature	Jnanpith Award Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Sahitya Akademi Award

Cinema	Dadasaheb Phalke Award National Film Awards

Other arts	Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship

Sports	Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Arjuna Award Dronacharya Award Dhyan Chand Award

Science and Technology	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Kalinga Prize

Medical	Dr. B. C. Roy Award

Military

Wartime

Peacetime

Distinguished
Service & Gallantry

Sena Medal Army Nao Sena Medal Navy Vayusena Medal Air Force

Wartime	Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal

Peacetime	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

Service and
campaign medals

Wound Medal
General Service Medal 1947
Samanya Seva Medal
Special Service Medal
Samar Seva Star
Poorvi Star
Paschimi Star
Operation Vijay Star
Siachen Glacier Medal
Raksha Medal
Sangram Medal
Operation Vijay Medal
Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal
High Altitude Service Medal
Videsh Seva Medal

Other Awards

Indian Air Force :Vishist Seva Medal & Yudh Seva Medal http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Awards/awards.php?qaward=VSM Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 page 8 Vishist Seva Medal Cpl V V Audipudi 244047 OR Unit : -N.A.- Award Date 26 Jan 78 Announced 26 Jan 78 Details : Citation Not Available Reference: ________________________________________ Vishist Seva Medal

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