Awarded to all Ceylonese Police Officers serving at the time of Ceylon independence in 1948, and to qualifying specified British nationals who were serving with the Ceylon Police at independence and who had contracted to continue to serve with the Ceylon Police after independenceImportant: While Ceylon was granted independence in 1948, the Ceylon Armed Forces Inauguration Medal, and the Ceylon Police Independence Medals were both retrospective awards approved by Royal Consent of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Ceylon, in 1955. The obverse of both medals bearing the legend 'Elizabeth II Queen of Ceylon & of Her Other Realms & Territories- Head of the Commonwealth'Per the published official United Kingdom Order of Precedence (1961, and revisions thereafter), this medal is worn immediately after the The Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration MedalA very hard to find Commonwealth medal in the market - especially fitted and complete with its correct riband, as the example here offeredCondition: About EF