Hashim.A.Khan

The 40 years medal has three variants, one for the airforce, one for the navy and one for the army.

I can confirm that all these medals are real. The mounting was redone as the medals were not in the best of condition once I inherited the lot. The ribbons were redone and the medals were polished. The 10, 20 and 30 year medals were added later as my grandfather was eligible given his service spanning more than 3 decades (I did consult several individuals within the army who agreed that these medals could be added). Here is the picture of the set before it was restored.

Was able to find one 40 years service medal issued to an airforce officer, here's the picture

Hey If the recipient was awarded the war medal (tamgha e jang), i believe he should have been awarded the sitara e harb as well since they were awarded for the 65 and 71 war. Further more, the presence of 2 defence medals is really weird since usually the clasp is added on the existing medal. The bar has the 20 years service medal, since the carrier spans at least 49 years, there should be a 10, 30, 35 and 40 years service medal. Lastly seems like this person had a long carrier (another red flag) since he has a clasp of 1948 and the last medal (independence day golden jubilee medal) was awarded in 1997. That just simply dosent add up since the retirement age is 60. With this persons minimum 49 years of service, the person had to be enlisted when he was 11. In my opinion, this seems to be a fake, or at least altered Regards Hashim

Would depend on if these are named or not, since that could really increase the value

So the recipient was most likely a pre-partition solider?

Hey David, have to agree with the points you have raised regarding the appearance and details of the clasp. I have seen some medals around the market, most probably that rules out the discussion about being a one piece manufacture, would be interesting to find out more about this clasp since information about this clasp is limited

Not quite sure to be honest but it might be possible since the civilian personell serve the army just like the rest Regards Hashim

Hey Paul Do give me a word on this

Hey Paul why the difference in the colour? Anything to do with the grade? Emanuel, do you need a ribbon for the medal? I do have some contacts that can surely arrange that for you Regards Hashim

Hey Paul Now that was correctly guessed, hadn't seen this specific medal before so had to publish the picture

One of the most gorgeous medals I've seen, who can guess the medal correctly?

Hey Sjøforsvaret is the royal Norwegian navy regards Hashim

Hey Paul Really appreciate the information Hashim

Came across these three patches, the third one seems like an SSG patch but are the remaining two patches pakistani?