The medal is awarded to junior commissioned officers, non-commissioned
officers, and enlisted personnel of the Territorial Army for twelve years of
efficient service during which they have attended a minimum of twelve trainings;
recipients also must be specifically recommended for the award. A bar is awarded
for eighteen years of service and a second bar may be awarded for twenty-four
years of service. The bar is made of silver and bears Ashoka's chakra.
Service is actually computed by a rather elaborate formula but, in general,
active service during wartime or any other emergency condition counts double,
but that service may not be counted toward any other long service award such as
the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; it is unclear from the regulations how
service which qualifies for the various long service medals relates to this
award.
Established: 1 February 1952 (with effect from 15 August
1951), by the President of India. Amended 27 March 1953 and 24 September 1963.
Generally revised on 4 December 1964 and further amended 8 April 1965. Revised
again on 10 April 1974.
Obverse: An oblong 42 x 32 mm silver medal
with the national emblem in the center. Suspended from an ornate straight-bar
suspended with a ribbon bearing the legend "TERRITORIAL". The medal is usually
named on the edge.
Reverse: Around the upper edge of the
medal, the Hindi legend "Acchi seva ke liye" or "For Good Service". The lower
portion of the reverse is blank (not, apparently, for naming since the medal is
named on the edge).
Ribbon: 29 mm, dark blue, with a 1 mm
orange central stripes and, on each side, two equally spaced 1 mm white stripes.
Dark blue 4 mm, white 1 mm, dark blue 4 mm, white 1 mm, dark blue 4 mm, orange 1
mm, dark blue 4 mm, white 1 mm, dark blue 4 mm, white 1 mm, dark blue 4 mm.
In 19??, the Army Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating the Territorial
Army. While the stamp itself does not depict any decorations, the first-day
cover shows both the Territorial Decoration and the Territorial Medal:
