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Highest military award of Azad Kashmir Award
Hilal-e-Kashmir
ہلالِ کشمیر
TypeAzad Jammu and Kashmir military medal with service ribbon
(Decoration)
Awarded for(Same criteria as of Nishan-e-Haider)
Presented bythe President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
EligibilityMilitary personnel only
Post-nominalsHK
StatusCurrently awarded
Established14 March 1949
First awarded10 October 1948 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Pakistan army
Last awarded(Only one awarded to date)
Total1
Total awarded posthumously1
Ribbon bar of Hilal-e-Kashmir
Precedence
Next (higher)None
EquivalentNishan-e-Haider
Next (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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