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Victoria Cross

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Victoria Cross
n. Abbr. VC
A bronze Maltese cross, Britain's highest military award for conspicuous valor.
[After Victoria.]
Victoria Cross
n
(Military) the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to the British and Commonwealth armed forces: instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria
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Noun1.Victoria CrossVictoria Cross - a British military decoration for gallantry
laurel wreath, medal, decoration, ribbon, medallion, palm - an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
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Victoria Cross
n (Brit) → Viktoriakreuz nt (höchste britische Tapferkeitsauszeichnung)


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For a little while we played with my two medals, and, with the delicacy of a sleeping companion, David abstained on this occasion from asking why one of them was not a Victoria Cross.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
brigade, to dhow-harrying off Zanzibar, there was no variety of naval work which did not appear in his record; while the Victoria Cross, and the Albert Medal for saving life, vouched for it that in peace as in war his courage was still of the same true temper.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Then the Lushkar captain did a deed for which he ought to have been given the Victoria Cross - distinguished gallantry in a fight against overwhelming curiosity.
The Man Who Was by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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