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Hub You - The Victoria Cross - For Valour
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A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the
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The ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought the Victoria Cross back into the headlines again. It's been a while. The highest honor available to British military personnel has not been awarded for a quarter of a century. After this hiatus however the medal has now been issued twice in the past two years - to Private Johnson Baharry for his actions in Iraq and posthumously to Corporal Bryan Budd for deeds undertaken in Afghanistan.
Its rarity makes the Victoria Cross an unusual honor. In fact, only 14 recipients are still living. And it has a rather unusual history too.
One for the ranks
Gallantry transcends rank, class and other divisions. It is a trait of the individual not a feature of their position in life.
However, until the creation of the Victoria Cross in 1856, the bravery of soldiers in the ranks, unlike the officers with whom they served, often went unrewarded. Queen Victoria acknowledged this and created a Royal Warrant for a new honour - the Victoria Cross - to be 'awarded for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy'.
A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the
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Its rarity makes the Victoria Cross an unusual honor. In fact, only 14 recipients are still living. And it has a rather unusual history too.
One for the ranks
Gallantry transcends rank, class and other divisions. It is a trait of the individual not a feature of their position in life.
However, until the creation of the Victoria Cross in 1856, the bravery of soldiers in the ranks, unlike the officers with whom they served, often went unrewarded. Queen Victoria acknowledged this and created a Royal Warrant for a new honour - the Victoria Cross - to be 'awarded for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy'.
A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the
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One for the ranks
Gallantry transcends rank, class and other divisions. It is a trait of the individual not a feature of their position in life.
However, until the creation of the Victoria Cross in 1856, the bravery of soldiers in the ranks, unlike the officers with whom they served, often went unrewarded. Queen Victoria acknowledged this and created a Royal Warrant for a new honour - the Victoria Cross - to be 'awarded for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy'.
A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the
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A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the
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A modest medal
For such a high honour, the Victoria Cross is remarkably dull in its appearance. This is because it’s cast from gunmetal. Indeed, the original batches of the Victoria Cross were made from the cascabels (the knob at the rear of a canon) of two canon captured from the Russians at Sebastopol in the Crimea. This gunmetal is now kept under guard by the Royal Logistic Corps in Donnington. Although rarely seen, it is said to weigh just 358 ounces and look rather like a lump of cheese. Very occasionally, a small amount is issued to the jewelers Hancocks and Co. in London who have made all of the Victoria Cross medals since their original inception.
Although from the same batch of gunmetal, each medal is as unique as the act for which it was received. On the front of all Victoria Cross medals is the inscription 'For Valour'. On the rear the name, rank and regiment of the recipient is engraved along with the date of the act for which the medal was awarded.
More than a medal
The Victoria Cross is special not only because of its rarity. It is also a uniquely democratic medal. In the early days of the Victoria Cross, any recommendation for award had to be made by a superior officer. Over time this stipulation changed and now military personnel can be put forward for the
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