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Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
Award
Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
Medal, obverse (right) and reverse (left)
Type
Medal
Awarded for
"individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of the most exceptional order in the face of the enemy"
Presented by
President of Sri Lanka
Eligibility
Persons of any rank in the Sri Lankan regular or volunteer forces of the Army, Navy and Air Forces
Post-nominals
PWV
Status
Currently awarded
Established
1981
First awarded
1991
Last awarded
2016
Total
31
Total awarded posthumously
31 (including awards to MIA personnel later declared KIA)
Total recipients
31
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)
None (Highest)
Next (lower)
Weerodara Vibhushanaya (Non-combat)
Related
Uththama Pooja Pranama Padakkama
The Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV) (Sinhala: පරම වීර වීභූෂණය parama vīra vibhūṣaṇaya; Tamil: பரம வீர விபுஷனைய) is Sri Lanka's highest military decoration, awarded for acts of exceptional valour in wartime. Parama Weera Vibhushanaya translates as the "Order of the Ultimate Brave", and the award is granted for "individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of the most exceptional order in the face of the enemy". Corporal Gamini Kularatne, was the first recipient. As of January 2021[update], the medal has been awarded 31 times, of which all were posthumous and arose from actions in the Sri Lankan Civil War. Of the 31 awardees, 28 have been from the Sri Lanka Army, two have been from the Sri Lanka Navy and one has been from the Sri Lanka Air Force.
Ceylon used the British awards system and continued post-independence until 1956, when British imperial honours were suspended. New awards were instituted in 1981. PWV is equivalent to the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom, the Medal of Honor in the United States and Param Vir Chakra in India.
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