Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the Indian armed forces. The award may be granted posthumously and subsequent awards are represented by a bar worn on the ribbon. The award carries with it the right to use "VSM" as post-nominal letters. The medal was originally established as the "Vishisht Seva Medal, Class III". It was renamed to its present name on 27 January 1967. The design of the medal remained unchanged and the change be reflected only in the records.
Bikram Singh (general)
Chander Prakash
Dalbir Singh
Deepak Kapoor
Depinder Singh
Devendra Kumar Joshi
G Ashok Kumar
Harcharanjit Singh Panag
Jagjeet Singh
Jasbir Walia
Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
Joginder Jaswant Singh
Kuldip Singh Chandpuri
Parasurama Naidu Murugesan
Philip Campose
Pradeep Vasant Naik
Praveen Bakshi
Punita Arora
Sanjeev Bhasin
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
Sundararajan Padmanabhan
Sunith Francis Rodrigues
Syed Ata Hasnain
Zameer Uddin Shah
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Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the Indian armed forces. The award may be granted posthumously and subsequent awards are represented by a bar worn on the ribbon. The award carries with it the right to use "VSM" as post-nominal letters. The medal was originally established as the "Vishisht Seva Medal, Class III". It was renamed to its present name on 27 January 1967. The design of the medal remained unchanged and the change be reflected only in the records.
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Vishisht Seva Medal
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Distinguished Service
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awarded to all ranks of the armed forces
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1960-01-26
Obverse
A 35-mm circular medal, with a five-pointed star in the centre.
Suspended from a straight-bar suspender. Named on the edge.
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Vishisht Seva Medal, Class III.
Reverse
"Vishisht Seva Medal" in Hindi.
The state emblem with the name of the decoration in Hindi above.
ribbon
dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm, dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm,
dark blue 2 mm, yellow 6.5 mm.
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