Hilal-e-Kashmir (Urdu: ہلالِ کشمیر; abbreviated as "HK") is the highest military gallantry award of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Hilal-e-Kashmir ہلالِ کشمیر | |
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Type | Azad Jammu and Kashmir military medal with service ribbon (Decoration) |
Awarded for | (Same criteria as of Nishan-e-Haider) |
Presented by | the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Eligibility | Military personnel only |
Post-nominals | HK |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 14 March 1949 |
First awarded | 10 October 1948 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Pakistan army |
Last awarded | (Only one awarded to date) |
Total | 1 |
Total awarded posthumously | 1 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | None |
Equivalent | Nishan-e-Haider |
Next (lower) | None |
Recipient
edit- Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1923–1948)
See also
edit- Nishan-e-Haider...........