“Videsh Seva Medal”- Srilanka : Awarded to military personnel for services outside of India. Personnel assigned to diplomatic missions are excluded from awards.

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“Videsh Seva Medal” – Srilanka : Awarded to military personnel for services outside of India.
Personnel assigned to diplomatic missions are excluded from awards.
In many cases, the clasps are awarded either for service with the United Nations or
other multi-national missions or for detached service on loan to foreign governments. In general, the qualifying period is graduated according to the length of the specific service: for assignments over a year, the qualifying period is six months; for assignments less than a year, the qualifying period is three months.
Established: 1960, by the President of India, with effect from 25 March 1953.
Obverse: A 35-mm circular copper-nickel medal. The Ashokan lions (the Indian national emblem), and below “Videsh Seva Medal” in Hindi. Suspended by a straight-bar suspender. The medal is normally named on the edge.
Reverse: An ancient Indian ship on the open stormy seas.