| 词条 | Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal |
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| name = Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal | image = | caption = Obverse (left), reverse (right) | awarded_by = Ceylon | country = | type = Non-wearable campaign medal | eligibility = All overseas combatants from Ceylon | for = | campaign = World War I | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = | first_award = | last_award = | total = ~3000 | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = | related = | image2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = }} The Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal (sometimes referred to as the Government of Ceylon War Medal) is a non-wearable campaign medal awarded by the Government of Ceylon to all members of the Ceylonese armed forces that volunteered for overseas service during World War I.[1][2] The exact number of medals struck is disputed, with sources citing numbers between 450[1] and 3000.[3] The medal was the only one of its kind, Ceylon being the only British crown colony to issue a medal of its own for its citizens' service in the war.[1][3] Those awarded the medal were servicemen of either the Ceylon Defence Force (including the all-European Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps) or the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[4] DesignThe medal was cast in bronze, having dimensions of 45 x 52 x 3 mm.[5] The obverse depicts the personification of Ceylon- a seated, right-facing robed and laureate female figure placing, with her right hand, a laurel wreath crown on the bowed head of a left-facing soldier kneeling on his left knee.[5] The soldier rests his cap on the ground with his right hand, while the background depicts a multi-rayed sun setting into the sea behind them.[5] An inscription above the scene reads:[5] |text=..PRESENTED.. BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON TO THOSE WHO VOLUNTARILY GAVE THEIR SERVICES OVERSEAS IN THE GREAT WAR OF – 1914 1919 }} Above the words is a short piece of laurel wreath, bound.[5] The reverse depicts a front-facing illustration of Victory- a winged, robed and laureate female figure seated on a throne.[5] Her right hand is raised aloft, holding a laurel wreath, while her left holds a shield emblazoned with the coat of arms of Ceylon.[5] A plaque inscribed with the recipient's name is located at the figure's feet, above a skull and spiked helmet obscuring a horizontal scythe.[5] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Neil C.|title=The Empire's Other Anzacs - The Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps|date=2014|publisher=Mostly Unsung Military History Research and Publications|location=Brighton, Victoria|isbn=9781876179892}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Ceylon WW1 Volunteer Service Medal 1914-19|url=http://www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au/product/ceylon-ww1-volunteer-service-medal-1914-19/|website=jbmilitaryantiques.com.au|publisher=JB Military Antiques|accessdate=6 May 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=WW1 Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal|url=http://gmic.co.uk/topic/4117-ww1-ceylon-volunteer-service-medal/|website=Gentleman's Military Interest Club|accessdate=6 May 2018|date=26 August 2006}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Forgotten campaign, forgotten veterans|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/061105/Plus/pls1.html|accessdate=6 May 2018|agency=Sunday Times|publisher=sundaytimes.lk|date=5 November 2006}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Government of Ceylon War Medal 1914-1919|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/40837|website=iwm.org.uk|publisher=Imperial War Museum|accessdate=6 May 2018}} 1 : Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka |
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