Pingat Jasa Gemilang

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Pingat Jasa Gemilang
Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Singapore
Type	Medal
Eligibility	any person
Awarded for	service of conspicuous merit in Singapore, and in special circumstances elsewhere
Status	Currently issued
Statistics
Established	1962
Precedence
Next (higher)	Pingat Gagah Perkasa
Same	Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)
Next (lower)	Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
Medal and ribbon prior to 1996

The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal), instituted in 1962, is awarded to any person who has performed within Singapore, service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion to duty, including long service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct. In exceptional circumstances, the Medal may be awarded to any person who has performed, outside Singapore, service of conspicuous merit characterised by resource and devotion of duty, including service marked by exceptional ability, merit and exemplary conduct.

Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters PJG.

The Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) is the Singapore Armed Forces equivalent award.

[edit] Description

The medal is silver-gilt having, on the obverse side, a rhomboid artifice superimposed upon a multi-perforated base. In the centre of the artifice is a shield bearing a crescent and 5 stars and below it a scroll with the inscription "PINGAT JASA GEMILANG".
The reverse bears the State Arms.
The ribbon is grey with a red centre band flanked on each side by a white stripe and a thin red stripe.