Ed_Haynes

Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military) / Medal of Service (Military) Awarded for long and meritorious service of a distinguished nature. Recipients of the award are entitled to use postnominal abbreviations as detailed below. In many ways, this serves as a military class paralleling the Nishan-i-Khidmat; it is important to distinguish between this award and the Tamgah-i-Khidmat that is the fourth class of the Nishan-i-Khidmat. This decoration also represented somewhat of an overlap with the older, pre-1947, Order of British India and no soldier could be awarded the Tamgha-i-Khidmat who held the O.B.I. 1st class. These awards are widely and easily available in Pakistan and are often added to "augment" invented groups. Be aware and be cautious. Established: No.F.40(3)/Pres./57 of 16 March 1957, by the President of Pakistan. At some point in time -- unknown at present -- the badge was redesigned. Obverse: A ten-pointed faceted star (metals and design vary by variety and by class, see below) with a superimposed five-pointed white-enameled star with a star and crescent in the center. Suspended as a neck badge from a suspender with the name of the decoration ?Tamgha-i-Khidmat?. Reverse: A circle; the medal is sometimes named here, though not always "officially" Ribbon: Basically crimson and white, but it differs by class; see detailed comments below.

Your wish is my command, Doc. Done already, you'll note.

Not lovely, but informational (with some nasty scans, sorry). The clasps, as shown above, 1-5.

The Pakistani continuation of the general service medal tradition came in 1957 (after attaining status as a republic) when the Tamgha-i-Diffa (Medal of Service) was established by notification No.F.40(3)/Pres./57 of 16 March 1957, by the President of Pakistan. As with India, there had been pre-republic discussion of the medal, and a draft warrant and design - with the cipher of Queen Elizabeth II! - had been drawn up but was never instituted. Obverse: A 36-mm circular copper-nickel medal. Star and crescent in the center, surrounded by a wreath. Above, the inscription in Urdu ?Khidmat-i-Pakistan? or ?The Service of Pakistan.? Suspended from an ornate straight-bar swiveling suspender and a clasp with the campaign relevant to the award; bars both in English and bilingual bars in Urdu/Bengali have been seen. The medal is rarely seen named. The medal has also been seen and reported in gilt, but this seems to be a totally unofficial modification. The ribbon is 33 mm, green, with central stripes of dark blue, red, light blue, edged with thinner white stripes. Green 7 mm, white 2 mm, dark blue 5 mm, red 5 mm, light blue 5 mm, white 2 mm, green 7 mm. Reverse: Plain, open circle in the center. Clasps: 1- Kashmir-1948 ? monolingual in English ? For the October 1947-1 January 1949 first Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir. 2- Dir-Bajaur 1960-62 - monolingual in English ? For the suppression of "tribal" rebellions in the North-West Frontier Province 3- Kashmir 1964-65 - bilingual in Urdu and Bengali - For border clashes in Kashmir preliminary to the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. 4- Kutch 1965 ? bilingual in Urdu and Bengali ? For border clashes in the Rann of Kutch preliminary to the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. 5- Siachen Glacier in Urdu - For the ongoing Indo-Pakistani "confrontation" on the Siachen Glacier. None of these are officially named, though a very few have unofficial naming.

While I don't have the God Powers to merge these, I can move it there, where someone more important than I can do the needful.

And his awards: Polar Star, #270, 6 July 1946 Medal of Combat, #4144, 23 September 1948 Medal of Combat, #3159, 20 August 1951 Polar Star, #5556, 17 September 1953 Red Banner of Combat Valor, #603, 27 November 1958 probably 40th Anniversary MPR, #04758, 10 July 1961 (???)

Closeup of the recipient.

Next page spread.

First page.

One more. The cover.

This is true for both Pakistan and India (even for Bangladesh). Old traditions die hard. Guess that's why they're called "traditions"? In recent years, as India has gotten closer to the US, there has been some contagion spreading from that side. A proliferation of meaningless little badges, using collar-badge stars for general-grade officers, etc. Sad.

Egypt ribbon bar #2: 1- Sinai Liberation Medal, Medal of Training 2- Medal of Training , Medal for Long Service and Good Example, October 6 Memorial Medal 3- Silver Anniversary of the Air Force Medal, Army Day Commemorative Medal, Twentieth Anniversary of the Revolution Medal, Golden Anniversary of the Air Force Medal

And a couple of Egyptian ribbon bars. #1: 1- Liberation Order, Military Order of Merit/Union Order, End of Occupation Decoration 2- Miltary Independence Medal, Victory Medal, Sinai Liberation Medal 3- Military Medal of Courage, Medal of Military Duty, Medal of Training, Medal of Distinguished Service 4- Medal of Long Service and Good Example, War Wounded (?), October 6th, Army Day Medal 5- 10th Anniversary of Revolution, 20th Anniversary of Revolution, ????. Kuwait Liberation Medal

And the interior, dated 29 October 1965.

And the document for the earlier version of The Best Policeman badge, F03. Exterior.

Just, for the record, I have a similar doument to the one Bob showed, dating 16 December 1982. No number. This gives us (sort of) a date range for this style of award book. No reason to scan it, though?

Interior. Dated 9 July 1881.

Document for The Best Policeman, F04. Exterior.

And the interior spread. Undated.

Document for 60 Years of State Security, D09. Exterior.

The interior is too large for the scanner, so I will have to scan in two pieces and paste together (sorry). OK, this is the best I can do. Dated 9 July 1962.

3 A large certificate (of some sort).

And the interior, dated 8 July 1982. Complete with imspirational quote.

2 Similar, but not identical, to some shown above.

And a closeup of the fingernail-sized picture of the recipoiuent. You have nice medals (sir).