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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Field	Value
name	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
image	[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.png	190px]]
[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg	150px]]
alt	A 35-mm circular silver medal,
with a five-pointed star in the centre.
Suspended from a straight-bar suspender.
type	Military award
country	India
established	January 26, 1960
presenter	India President of India
awarded_for	Distinguished Service
previous	Vishisht Seva Medal, Class II
ribbon
higher	[[File:Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak ribbon.svg	35px]] Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
same	[[File:Uttam Yudh Seva Medal ribbon.svg	35px]] Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
lower	[[File:Vir Chakra ribbon bar.svg	35px]] Vir Chakra

with a five-pointed star in the centre. Suspended from a straight-bar suspender.

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Distinguished Service decoration.

The award can also be granted posthumously. Subsequent awards are represented by a bar worn on the ribbon. The awardee can use "AVSM" as post-nominal letters.

History

The Ati Vishisht Seva Medal was originally instituted as the "Vishisht Seva Medal, Class II" on 26 January 1960. Five other medals were instituted on the same day - the Sainya Seva Medal, Sena Medal, Nau Sena Medal and the Vayu Sena Medal. It was renamed on January 27, 1961, and the badge signed. Since 1980 the awarding of the medal have been restricted to operational service as the Yudh Seva Medal was created to recognize distinguished services in an operational environment.

Design

The Ati Vishisht Seva Medal is made of silver gilt and has on its obverse a five-pointed star and on its reverse the Lion Capital. The ribbon is gold in colour and is 32mm wide with two dark-blue stripes dividing it into three equal parts.

Additional awards of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal are represented by a bar worn on the ribbon.

Notes

References

"Precedence Of Medals". Indian Army.
(29 July 1960). "DESIGNS OF NEW SERVICE MEDAL AND THEIR DESIGNS".
Haynes, Ed. "Ati Vishisht Seva Medal".

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