Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal

{{Short description|Service award}}

{{main|Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka}}

{{Infobox Military Award

|name=Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal

|image=Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal.png

|image_size=225px

|caption=

|presenter=Ceylon

|type= Commemorative medal

|eligibility=All ranks of the Ceylon armed services in active service during the 1949-1951 period

|awarded_for= Service

|status= No longer awarded

|description=

|clasps= None

|established= July 1955

|firstawarded= 1955

|lastawarded=

|total_awarded=

|total_awarded_posthumously=

|total_recipients=

|individual=

|higher=Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
Prashansaniya Seva Padakkama (Sri Lanka)
Pakistan Medal (United Kingdom){{London Gazette|date=17 March 2003 |issue=56878 |page=3353|supp=y}}

|same=

|lower=Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force Centenary Medal (Sri Lanka)
Ceylon Police Independence Medal (United Kingdom)

|related=

|image2=100px

|caption2= Ribbon bar

}}

The Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal was awarded to members of the Ceylon armed services who served within their specific service branch during periods in 1949-1951 when their service branch was established:

• Ceylon Army (10 October 1949)
• Royal Ceylon Navy (9 December 1950)
• Royal Ceylon Air Force (2 March 1951).