Weera_Wickrama_Vibhushanaya Knowpia

Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
	Medal, obverse (right) and reverse (left)
Type	Military decoration
Awarded for	Individual acts of bravery and gallantry of a military nature during active service performed on a serviceperson's own initiative without any regard for their own life or well-being
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All regular and volunteer ranks of the tri-services
Post-nominals	WWV
Clasps	None
Status	Currently awarded
Established	1981
	Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)	Weerodara Vibhushanaya
Next (lower)	Rana Wickrama Padakkama

The Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya (WWV, Conspicuous Gallantry Order) (Sinhala: වීර වික්‍රම විභූෂණය vīra vickrama vibhūṣaṇaya) is the third-highest military decoration awarded by the Military of Sri Lanka for:

...individual acts of gallantry and conspicuous bravery of a military nature of a high order in the face of the enemy performed voluntarily whilst on active service without regard for his own security with the objective of safeguarding thereby the lives of his comrades or facilitating the operational aim of his force or for a meritorious act or a series of acts of a humane nature of a high order displayed in saving life from drowning, fire and rescue operations in mines, floods and similar calamities under circumstances of bodily injury or danger to the life of the rescuer...
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The WWV is the highest wartime military decoration awarded by Sri Lanka that has not been awarded posthumously. Bars could be awarded for further acts of gallantry meriting the award for a second and third time, denoted by a star in the ribbon bar for each additional award.

Award process edit

The decoration is awarded by the President to all ranks of both the regular and volunteer forces following a formal recommendation by service commanders, and a full review process. Recipients are entitled to the use of the post-nominal letters "WWV".