Britain's Roll of Glory, or the Victoria Cross, Its Heroes and Their Valour

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Excerpt from Britain's Roll of Glory, or the Victoria Cross, Its Heroes and Their Valour: From Personal Accounts, Official Records, and Regimental TraditionA 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.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.