Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal

Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
Medal, obverse
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	12 years of continuous service with impeccable character and discipline
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All ranks of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force.
Clasps	Awarded to service personnel on 20 years of service[1]
Status	Currently awarded
Established	1979 (Superseded the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal)
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)	Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal
Next (lower)	President's Inauguration Medal

The Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සන්නද්ධ සේවා දීර්ඝ සේවා පදක්කම Śrī Laṃkā ārakśaka sēvā dhīrgha sēvā padakkama) is a service award presented to all ranks of the tri-forces of Sri Lanka. Service personnel are eligible for the award on the completion of 12 years' continuous (desertion or absence without leave act as disqualifiers) service with perfect character and discipline.^[1]

General officers commanding/area commanders/commanding officers forward recommendations to service commanders. Reserve- or volunteer forces may qualify for this award provided that their service periods add up to 12 years. This award replaced the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal in 1979 when Sri Lanka became a republic.

A clasp is awarded to service personnel on completing 20 years' continuous service with the same character quality and disciplinary record required for award of the medal.^[1] The clasp is denoted by a silver color disk on the ribbon bar.

• Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 YEARS ON" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8

• Sri Lanka Army
• Sri Lanka Navy
• Sri Lanka Air Force
• Ministry of Defence : Sri Lanka