Description:
"Awarded for Combat Service in the 1965 Pak-Indian War.The Azad Kashmir Regiment is one of the six infantry regiments of Pakistan Army. Its Regimental Center is located at Mansar, Attock District , Punjab. A bronze seven-pointed rayed star.

Obverse: In the center, the Shahadat (""There is no God but God and Muhammad is His Messenger""), surrounded by the name of the medal on a circular band, ""Istar-i-Herb"" in Urdu and Bengali.

Reverse: Plain, a central circle, within which the medal is named (although it is often encountered unnamed). This medal is named to 3045439 HAV Mohd Sharif Baluch R."

Tags:
inscriptions; stars

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