Brunei: Medal for Service to the State

[Megan]

Pingat Idah Kerja Baik

Unfortunately I have no further details on this one, yet

Obverse:

[Megan]

Reverse:

[Picture credit: Liverpool Medals]

[Hugh]

The inscription says "Medal for Important Good Work" Sounds like a LSGC.

The obverse shows the Sultan's palace (a huge thing extending along the river) and the reverse is the house of the assembly.

Hugh

Edited August 10, 2011 by Hugh

[Megan]

Thanks, Hugh - so possibly civilian service rather than military?

[Hugh]

Thanks, Hugh - so possibly civilian service rather than military?

I didn't make that inference, don't really know.

H

[kapten_windu]

dewan majlis: maybe a kind of parliament

lapau: as long as i know it means traditional restaurant in Minang language.. :whistle:

[Megan]

'dewan majlis' is 'council chambers' in Malaysian....

[FawzieK]

The Meritorious Service Medal. For, well, meritorious service to the state. Awarded to government and non-government personnel. Never awarded to military personnel.

Obverse: The Lapau, the tradition Royal Ceremonial building. Now houses the offices of the Adat Istiadat, the Protocol Centre.

Reverse. Adjoining the Lapau (from behind the Lapau), the Dewan Majlis, the traditional Parliament Hall itself.

Post-Nomimals: P.I.K.B.

One of the more commonly dished out medals during the Sultan's birthday Honours list, it is almost a 'given' for any civil servant to be awarded this, with a long enough service record.

[Megan]

Magic, thank you for that!

[peter monahan]

What are the chances that it also goes out to Officers and senior NCOs of the Gurkha regiment stationed there? I know one ex-Gurkha officer, probably long dead now, who got one for being in the area of the palace during a Birthday party for the Sultan.