Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) The Ashoka Chakra (alternative spelling: Ashok Chakra) is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the "most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice" other than in the face of the enemy. The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel. Ashok Chakra is equivalent to US Army's peacetime Medal of Honor and the British George Cross. Flt. Lt. Suhas Biswas was the first Indian Air Force officer
Medal of Military Merit (Uruguay) Medal of Military Merit (Uruguay) The Medal of Military Merit (), is a military decoration of Uruguay. The decoration is awarded by the President of Uruguay. This award replaces the Order of Military Merit of the Companions of Artigas which was discontinued in 1985. The Medal of Military Merit was established on 28 November 1991 by Ministry of National Defense Decree N° 199/991.<ref name="199/991"></ref> The regulations of the medal were further modified on 29 January 1992 by Decree N° 511/991.<ref name="511/991"></ref> The Medal of Military merit is the highest military decoration of the Army of Uruguay.<ref name="469/997"></ref> The medal is