Hilal-e-Kashmir

Hilal-e-Kashmir
Awarded by 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
Statistics
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 awarded 1
Posthumous
awards
1
Precedence
Next (higher) None
Equivalent Nishan-e-Haider
Next (lower) None

Hilal-e-Kashmir (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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