A subsequent award of the Victoria Cross to the same person is made as a bar to the Cross. They are also entitled to the post-nominal VC and Bar. There is sufficient metal for a number of new medals to be cast from these cannons. They are each handmade by Hancocks and Company Jewellers of London. The obverse of the Victoria Cross bears a crowned lion standing on a royal crown. For the British, the campaign was symbolised by military and logistical incompetence alongside the bravery and endurance of its soldiers.
This battle took place on January A huge force of Zulus attacked a small British garrison, but was eventually repelled after more than 12 hours of bitter fighting. The rising was the biggest threat to Britain's colonial power during its rule of the Indian subcontinent. Between and , the British Army fought a bitter colonial war against the Boers in South Africa. After initial setbacks and a long period of guerrilla warfare, the British eventually prevailed, but not without adopting controversial tactics.
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National Army Museum 10am - 5. Toggle navigation. View this object. Open to all The VC is Britain's joint-highest award for gallantry. Foundation The VC was instituted by Royal Warrant on 29 January to acknowledge the bravery displayed by many soldiers and sailors during the Crimean War Major Walker's VC, awarded for gallantry at Inkerman in Mate Charles Lucas.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Maude. Captain Mark Walker. Did you know? Prototype casting of a Victoria Cross, What is the record for the most VCs awarded on the same day?
Recommendation The VCs awarded to Crimean veterans were made retrospectively. Petition requesting the award of a VC for gallantry in the Crimea, VC group awarded to Gunner Isaac Lodge, As well as in Britain, the Victoria Cross remains the highest military honour for valour in the Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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But who was the original 'Tommy Atkins' Related articles. Timeline of the Anglo-Zulu War. Rise to Power — Victorians. Finally on 5 th January a design was approved with one final alteration. Having approved the design on paper, the first metal proof was submitted to the Queen on February 4th but it was rejected. A revised proof was submitted on the 21st February with more amendments being made.
Further proofs were subsequently created until, on the 3rd March , the matter was finalised when the samples were returned, with one having been chosen as satisfactory. Charles Frederick Hancock, to prepare specimens. The company produced fine quality jewellery and prestigious items of silver in its own workshops and clearly had both the excellent reputation and the quality of craftsmen necessary to produce this new award. To this day no other company has ever supplied the Victoria Cross, a unique distinction.
The Victoria Cross takes the form of a Maltese cross shape medal made of bronze, the obverse of which has as its main feature the Royal Crown surmounted by a standing lion with a ribbon underneath bearing the motto For Valour. It is suspended from a letter V which supports a bar decorated with laurel leaves through which the crimson ribbon passes. The reverse of the medal is unique in that each one issued is engraved with the individual details of the recipient.
The cross bears a circle within which is engraved the date of the act for which the medal has been awarded and the suspension bar is engraved with the name, rank, number and unit of the recipient. There is no differentiation made between medals awarded to living personnel and those awarded posthumously. This metal is cut from cannons captured from the Russians at Sebastopol during the Crimean War.
When more Crosses are required Hancocks requests a supply of metal and this is then delivered to them by COD Donnington. Unlike any other award for gallantry the Victoria Cross is not made in a die. It is not struck, as are coins and many other medals, it is cast.
Traditionally it is sand cast in moulds usually containing four specimens at a time. The medals are removed from the sand moulds when the metal has cooled, and then the hand finishing process begins. The suspender bar from which the cross itself is hung, is cast at the same time as the medal and receives the same hand finishing.
The obverse and reverse are hand chased even to the minutest detail and the whole medal has a special bronze finish applied at the end of the process. This gives a nice even colour to the medal because the bronze from which it is cast does not have an overall attractive appearance. Typically twelve Victoria Crosses are produced at a time.
Originally the practice was for Hancocks to manufacture the medals, place the correct ribbons on them and deliver them to the War Office. However, owing to the great number of Victoria Crosses awarded during the First World War this practice was discontinued for reasons of efficiency. The previous system meant that, when any awards were made, the appropriate number of medals were returned to Hancocks for the necessary engraving and then returned again to the War Office.
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