The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor

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A LITTLE Maltese cross of bronze, intrinsically worth fourpence halfpenny, cast from cannon taken at Sebastopol; upon it a crown surmounted by a lion, and underneath the words "For Valour;" the whole dangling by a Roman V from a piece of ribbon, crimson if the recipient is in the army, blue if he be a naval man-that is the proudest decoration a British subject can wear, the coveted prize of the soldier and sailor, the legion of honour of our service, the famed VICTORIA CROSS.