Victoria Cross (disambiguation)
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The Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

is the highest award for gallantry awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.

Victoria Cross may also refer to:
  • Victoria Cross for Australia
    Victoria Cross for Australia
    The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest award in the Australian Honours System, superseding the Victoria Cross for issue to Australians...

    , instituted in 1991
  • Victoria Cross (Canada)
    Victoria Cross (Canada)
    The Victoria Cross is a military decoration of Canada modelled on the original British Victoria Cross—instituted in 1856—in both intent and appearance, with several small changes...

    , instituted in 1993
  • Victoria Cross for New Zealand
    Victoria Cross for New Zealand
    The Victoria Cross for New Zealand is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the New Zealand Armed Forces. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and civilians under military command, and is presented to the recipient by the...

    , instituted in 1999
  • Victoria Cross Ranges
    Victoria Cross Ranges
    The Victoria Cross Ranges are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, six are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross....

    , mountain range in Alberta, Canada
  • Annie Sophie Cory
    Annie Sophie Cory
    Annie Sophie Cory was the author of popular, racy, exotic novels under the pseudonyms Victoria Cross, Vivian Cory and V.C. Griffin.-Life:...

     or Victoria Cross (1868-1952), British novelist
  • Victoria Cross, a proposed railway station on the cancelled Redfern to Chatswood railway line, Sydney, Australia
  • Victorian Cross, also called the Victorian, is a strength move in men's gymnastics performed on the rings
    Rings (gymnastics)
    The rings, also known as still rings , is an artistic gymnastics apparatus and the event that uses it. It is traditionally used only by male gymnasts, due to its extreme upper-body strength requirements...

    . It is an inverted Maltese Cross.
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