Victoria Cross
type: Thing
type: Award
label: Cruz Victoria @es
label: Victoria-Kreuz @de
label: Viktoriin kříž @cs
label: 维多利亚十字勋章 @zh
label: Хрест Вікторії @uk
label: Salib Victoria @in
label: Krzyż Wiktorii @pl
label: 빅토리아 훈장 @ko
label: Croix de Victoria @fr
label: صليب فيكتوريا @ar
label: Viktoriakorset @sv
label: Cruz Vitória @pt
label: ヴィクトリア十字章 @ja
label: Viktoria kruco @eo
label: Крест Виктории @ru
label: Creu Victòria @ca
subject: Category:Courage awards
subject: Category:Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom
subject: Category:1856 establishments in the United Kingdom
subject: Category:Victoria Cross
subject: Category:Decorations of the Merchant Navy
subject: Category:Awards established in 1856
description: највисоко британско и комонвелтско воено одликување @mk
description: უმაღლესი სამხედრო ჯილდო დიდ ბრიტანეთში @ka
description: högsta militära dekorationen som delas ut av Storbritannien och Samväldesstater @sv
description: nejvyšší vojenské vyznamenání udělované za udatnost v ozbrojených silách jednotlivých zemí britského Společenství národů @cs
description: высшая военная награда Великобритании и ряда стран Содружества наций @ru
description: أعلى وسام عسكري بريطاني @ar
description: イギリスおよび英連邦王国構成国の軍人に対し授与される最高の戦功章 @ja
description: condecoração militar concedida a oficiais das Forças Armadas Britânicas e do Commonwealth @pt
description: condecoración militar británica @es
description: militärische Auszeichnung in div. Staaten des Commonwealth @de
description: décoration militaire en divers États du Commonwealth @fr
description: Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan korkein sotilasansiomerkki @fi
description: a legmagasabb brit katonai kitüntetés @hu
description: highest military decoration awarded by the UK and the Commonwealth
name: Victoria Cross
awarded for: "... most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy"
firstawarded: 1857-06-26
image size: 150
presenter: The monarch of the United Kingdom
total recipients: 1355
eligibility: Persons of any rank in the Naval, Military and Air Forces of the United Kingdom, its colonies or territories, and Commonwealth countries that award UK honours; members of the Merchant Navy; and civilians serving under the orders, directions or supervision of any of the above-mentioned forces or services
alt: A bronze cross pattée bearing the crown of Saint Edward surmounted by a lion with the inscription "for valour". A crimson ribbon is attached
description: Bronze Cross pattée with Crown and Lion Superimposed, and motto: "For Valour"
type: Military awards and decorations
precedence label: Order of Wear
total awarded: 1358
caption: Obverse of the cross; ribbon: inches , crimson
image: Ribbon bar
image: 150
image: Second award bar
status: Active
date: 2011-05-19
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20110519084738/http:/www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.002006002
post nominals: VC
clasps: Bars can be awarded for further acts of valour
higher: None
established: 1856-01-29
lower: George Cross
hypernym: Decoration