50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL

Instituted to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of India's independence, 15 August 1997.

For police recipients, these medals have not normally been officially manufactured and issued, but were, instead, made locally by independent manufacturers and the policemen can either buy them from these shops or the battalions buy it and give it to the qualifying constables. This gives rise to great variability in manufacture and even in design details. In fact, it appears that some enterprising manufacturers have unofficially imagined designs 

Established: 1997.

Obverse: Circular 35 mm copper-nickel, the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi with the legend above "50th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY" and below "1947-1997". Suspended by a non-swiveling straight bar suspender. 

Reverse: A pebbled map of India with the legend above "50 vi Swatantrata Varshganth" or "50th Anniversary of Independence" and, below "1947-1997".

Ribbon: 32 mm, yellow with central 3-mm stripes of orange, white, and green.

25TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY MEDAL - INDIA

Awarded to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Indian independence in 1972. The medal was awarded to all members of the armed forces, paramilitary forces, and police forces (broadly defined) who were serving on 15 August 1972.

For police recipients, these medals have not normally been officially manufactured and issued, but were, instead, made locally by independent manufacturers and the policemen can either buy them from these shops or the battalions buy it and give it to the qualifying constables. This gives rise to great variability in manufacture and even in design details.

Established: 1973.

Obverse: Circular 35-mm copper-nickel, with the national emblem in the center. Surrounded by the legend "25th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSRY MEDAL / Pachisvi swatantrata jayanti medal [Hindi]". Suspended by a ring. Usually named on the edge.

Reverse: The chakra with the dates "1947 / 1972" above and below.

Ribbon: 32 mm, maroon with central stripes of orange, white, green (4 mm each). Maroon 10 mm, orange 4 mm, white 4 mm, green 4 mm, maroon 10 mm.

Indian Service Medal 1939-1945

The Indian Service Medal 1939-1945 was a campaign medal of theCommonwealth. It was awarded to the Indian Forces for three years of non-operational service in India, and replaces the Defence Medal

Was instituted on 6 June, 1946 and awarded for service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945.

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DESCRIPTION 

ITS A CIRCULAR,CUPRO-NICKEL MEDAL,36 MM DIAMETER

THE OBVERSE HAS THE LEGEND " GEORGIVS VI D : G BR : OMN : REX ET INDIAE IMP." 

( GEORGE VI BY THE GRACE OF GOD,KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND EMPEROR OF INDIA) AND THE CROWNED EFFIGY OF KING GEORGE VI.

ON THE REVERSE - A RELIEF OF INDIA'S MAP AND THE WORDS " INDIA " AND "1939-45"

INDIAN POLICE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1950

This medal was awarded to all the members of the Indian Police force who were serving on 26th Jan 1950, the date on which India was declared a Republic. The medal, unfortunately misnamed (it has nothing to do with Indian Independence), was awarded as a token of recognition of the magnificent manner in which the police forces had borne unprecedented strain during the days of Partition and thereafter.

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1947

Instituted: October 1949 by King George VI.
Awarded: To all members of the Indian armed forces (including those rulers and State Forces of those "Princely" States that had acceded to India before 1 January 1948) who were serving on 15 August 1947, and to British service personnel who remained in India after Independence to assist in the reformulation of the armed forces of India after Partition and who were still serving on 1 January 1948.