V.C (Victoria Cross)

The Victoria Cross, the British Commonwealths most prestigious award for outstanding acts of gallantry, was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856 during the Crimean War. A total of 11 crosses were awarded to the N.Z.E.F during the First World War.

Details of the recipient are always engraved on the back of the suspender bar, with the date of the action usually being engraved in the reverse centre of the cross.

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The figures above have been taken with permission from Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded to New Zealanders by Geoff Oldham & Brett Delahunt.