Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
Medal
Type	Military decorations
Awarded for	Wartime distinguished service
Country	India
Presented by	Government of India
Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal[1]
Equivalent	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal[a][1]
Next (lower)	Yudh Seva Medal[1]

Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM;Great War Service Medal) is one ofIndia's military decorations for Wartime Distinguished Service. It is awarded for a high degree of distinguished services in an operational context. "Operational context" includes times of war, conflict, or hostilities. The award is a wartime equivalent ofAti Vishisht Seva Medal, which is a Peacetime Distinguished Service decoration. Uttam Yudh Seva Medal may be awarded posthumously.^[2]

The Uttam Yudh Seva Medal may be awarded posthumously. It is awarded for distinguished service of an exceptional order during war/conflict/hostilities. It may be awarded to all ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force including those of Territorial Army Units, Auxiliary and Reserve Forces and other lawfully constituted Armed forces when embodied, as well as nursing Officers and other members of the Nursing Services in the Armed Forces.^[3]

The medal is circular in shape, 35mm in diameter and fitted to a plain horizontal bar with standard fittings. The medal is of gold gilt. The medal has on its obverse the State emblem and the inscriptions in Hindi and English. On its reverse, it has a five pointed star. The riband is Gold in colour with two red vertical stripes dividing it into three equal parts.

If a recipient of the medal is subsequently awarded the medal again, every such further award shall be recognized by a Bar to be attached to the riband by which the medal is suspended. For every such Bar, a miniature insignia of a pattern approved by the Government shall be added to the riband when worn alone.^[4]

• Indian Army's page on Uttam Yudh Seva Medal

• Military awards and decorations of India

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