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Victoria Cross

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Victoria Cross

British decoration for conspicuous bravery in wartime, instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856.
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For a little while we played with my two medals, and, with the delicacy of a sleeping companion, David abstained on this occasion from asking why one of them was not a Victoria Cross.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
brigade, to dhow-harrying off Zanzibar, there was no variety of naval work which did not appear in his record; while the Victoria Cross, and the Albert Medal for saving life, vouched for it that in peace as in war his courage was still of the same true temper.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Then the Lushkar captain did a deed for which he ought to have been given the Victoria Cross - distinguished gallantry in a fight against overwhelming curiosity.
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