Hilal-e-Kashmir explained

Hilal-e-Kashmir
Presenter:the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Type:Azad Jammu and Kashmir military medal with service ribbon
(Decoration)
Eligibility:Military personnel only
Awarded For:(Same criteria as of Nishan-e-Haider)
Status:Currently awarded
Post-Nominals:HK
Established:14 March 1949
Firstawarded:10 October 1948 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Pakistan army
Lastawarded:(Only one awarded to date)
Total Awarded:1
Total Awarded Posthumously:1
Higher:None
Same:Nishan-e-Haider
Lower:None

Hilal-e-Kashmir (Urdu: ہلالِ کشمیر; abbreviated as "HK") is the highest military gallantry award of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Recipient

  1. Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1923–1948)

See also

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