Victoria Cross

[Soviet]

But how ugly is a Victoria Cross beside any Soviet awards.

[Riley1965]

It may be simple in form but, it is cast from captured bronze cannons.

[DutchBoy]

Originally Posted by riley1965

It may be simple in form but, it is cast from captured bronze cannons.

Those cannon were captured from the Russians. In the 1980's, there was a South African medal issued made from a captured Soviet tank, also pretty cool (history repeating itself):

http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=3747

I guess we're drifting slightly off the topic of the original thread.....

[new world]

Originally Posted by DutchBoy

Hi Ron,

Great pic of a VC. One VC was actually awarded in march 2005 for the invasion of Iraq, making the total 1355. The last Canadian recipient just died, but there are still 12 living recipients. For further info check out this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_cross

Are VCs numbered/named? How would one know to whom is particular cross attributed?

Are there any non-awarded VCs on the market?

William

[DutchBoy]

VCs are named on the reverse of the suspension bar with the name and rank of the recipient, and the date in the centre of the reverse of the medal itself.

see pic.

[Riley1965]

Here's the Royal Navy variant 1856-1918. After 1918 all branches received the VC with the crimson ribbon.

Doc

[kameli]

This site includes much information: http://www.victoriacross.net/default.asp