Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
Award
Weerodara Vibhushanaya
Medal, obverse (right), reverse (left)
Type
Military
Awarded for
Individual acts of exceptional gallantry and bravery of a non military nature, performed on a serviceperson's own initiative without any regard for their own life or well-being
Description
Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by
Sri Lanka
Eligibility
All ranks of the tri services (regular/volunteer)
Post-nominals
WV
Clasps
None
Status
Currently awarded
Established
1981
First awarded
1989
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)
Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
Next (lower)
Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
The Weerodara Vibhushanaya (WV, English:Order of Valour) (Sinhala: වීරෝධාර වීභූෂණය vīrōdāra vibhūṣanaya) is the second-highest decoration awarded by the Military of Sri Lanka awarded for:
...individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of a non-military nature of the most exceptional order performed voluntarily with no regard to his own life and security with the objective of saving or safeguarding the life or lives of a person or personnel imperiled by death or for a meritorious act or a series of acts of a humane nature of an exceptional order displayed in saving life from drowning, fire and rescue operations in mines, floods and similar calamities under circumstances of grave bodily injury or great danger to the life of the rescuer...
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The Weerodara Vibhushanaya is equivalent to the British George Cross and the Indian Ashoka Chakra Award, and is the highest peacetime military decoration awarded by Sri Lanka. The civilian equivalent is the Veera Chudamani. Weerodara Vibhushanaya translates as the "Order of Bravery".
^"Medals". Sri Lanka Army. army.lk. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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