The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor
Contributors: Stanley L. Wood (Illustrator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781417951123
Subjects: World history; History: World; History; History - General History; World - General
First sentence: 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.