Victoria Cross for Valour - British Military Decoration for Bravery #3411963 (License: Personal Use)

This image shows the front of the Victoria Cross, a bronze cross pattée bearing a lion statant guardant on a royal crown, with the inscription “FOR VALOUR” on a semi-circular scroll beneath. The medal is suspended from a crimson (often described as purple) ribbon and is cast from the metal of Russian guns captured at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. It is awarded for acts of extreme bravery in the presence of the enemy and remains the highest military decoration in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.

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