Victoria Cross

The official description, eligibility, criteria, and history of the Victoria Cross (VC). on the obverse, a lion guardant standing upon the Royal Crown, and below the Crown, a scroll bearing the inscription “PRO VALORE”; and on the reverse, the date of the act for which the decoration is bestowed is engraved in a raised circle. Each subsequent award of the Cross shall be indicated by a plain bronze bar ornamented with laurel leaves. The bar shall be attached to the centre of the ribbon from which the Cross is suspended, and where two or more bars are attached, those bars shall be equally spaced on the ribbon. on the left breast, suspended from the ribbon described above ahead of all other Canadian orders, decorations and medals; and where the undress ribbon is worn, each award of the Cross shall be indicated by a small representation of the Cross, and where two or more such representations are worn, those representations shall be equally spaced on the ribbon. The bar shall be attached to the centre of the ribbon from which the Cross is suspended, and where two or more bars are attached, those bars shall be equally spaced on the ribbon. For more information on the history of the Victoria Cross, please consult the Victoria Cross’ main page where you will have access to The Military Valour Decorations 1993-2018 [PDF - 8.13MB] publication which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Military Valour Decorations by Her Majesty The Queen. In addition, this page will also give you access to other information and will allow you to consult the revised edition of Pro Valore: Canada’s Victoria Cross which is a brief examination of the creation of the new Victoria Cross and the history of this decoration within the Canadian military.