INDIA POST INDEPENDENCE MEDAL RIBBON 

  Videsh Seva Medal (1960 +)

Ribbon: 32 mm, medium blue with five equally spaced white stripes. 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue, 1 mm white, 4.5 mm medium blue.

 

You are bidding on a 6 inch piece of brand new ribbon

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. Exceptions are made for special cases.

While all bars observed have been produced in Hindi rather than English, they will frequently be referred to by their English names. At the request of friends, and since the bars are in Hindi and may therefore present identification problems, I have, where possible, attached close-up images of the bars. I hope this will aid in their identification.

Established: 1960, by the President of India, with effect from 25 March 1953.

With permission - Description courtesy of Ed Haynes - please refer to Ed's superb web site on Indian medals at -

 

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