{{infobox military award | name = Pakistan Medal<br>{{nq|تمغہِ پاکستان}} | image =149px148px | caption = Obverse and reverse of the medal | presenter = Dominion of Pakistan | country = | type = Commemorative medal | eligibility = | awarded_for = Creation of Pakistan in August 1947 | campaign = | status = | description = The medal is made from cupro-nickel | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1949 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = Indian Independence Medal (<small>United Kingdom</small>)<ref name=gazette56878>{{London Gazette|date=17 March 2003 |issue=56878 |page=3353|supp=y}}</ref><br>40-year Service Medal (<small>Pakistan</small>)<ref name=pakistan>{{cite web|title=Honours and Awards|url=https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContentd7a2.html|work=pakistanarmy.gov.pk|publisher=Pakistan Army|accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref> | same = | lower = Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal (<small>United Kingdom</small>)<ref name=gazette56878/><br>Republic Medal 1956 (<small>Pakistan</small>)<ref name=pakistan/> | related = | image2 = Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png | image2_size = 150px | caption2 = Ribbon bar }}
The '''Pakistan Medal''' ({{langx|ur|تمغہِ پاکستان|Tamgha-e-Pakistan}}) was established by King George VI in 1949 as a commemorative medal. The medal commemorates service during the period just before and after the creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan on 14 August 1947. Most recipients were members of the armed forces of Pakistan, including attached British personnel.
The medal is made of cupronickel and is {{convert|1.4|in|abbr=on}} in diameter. The obverse has the Royal cypher of King George VI surrounded by the inscription ''GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX''. The reverse shows the flag of Pakistan surrounded by a wreath, with inscriptions in Urdu above and below. The {{convert|1.25|in|abbr=on}} ribbon is dark green with a narrow central stripe of white, the colours on the flag of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Captain H. Taprell Dorling.|title=Ribbons and Medals.|pages=145. A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London. 1956}}</ref> The name and details of the recipient were impressed on the edge of the medal.
==See also==
* Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces * Indian Independence Medal
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Military awards and decorations of Pakistan Category:Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom Category:Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations