Victoria Cross for Australia: Difference between revisions

| name = Victoria Cross for Australia

| image = =[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|center|alt=Crimson ribbon with a miniature VC in the middle]]

| caption = Obverse of the medal and ribbon. Ribbon: 32 mm, crimson

| presenter = [[Monarch of Australia]] on the recommendation of the Prime Minister

| type = Military decoration

| eligibility = [[Australian Defence Force|Australian military personnel]]

| 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."<ref name=OzVcpdf>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/publications/honours/factsheets/victorian_cross_%20for_australia.pdf |title=Victoria Cross for Australia |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=2 July 2007 }}</ref>

| campaign = =

| status = Currently awarded

| description = Bronze [[cross pattée]] with crown and lion superimposed, and motto: 'For Valour'

| clasps = =

| holder_label = Founder

| holder = [[Elizabeth II]]

| post-nominals = VC

| established = 15 January 1991

| firstawarded = 16 January 2009

|lastawarded lastawarded = 12 August 2020

| total_awarded = 5

|total_awarded_posthumously total_awarded_posthumously = 2

|total_recipients total_recipients = 5

| individual =

| precedence_label = [[Australian Honours Order of Wearing|Order of Wear]]

| higher = none

| lower = [[George Cross]], [[Cross of Valour (Australia)|Cross of Valour]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards (Modified)|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content/+050%20Honours%20Policy/+010%20Order%20of%20wear/04A.pdf|work=DHAM, volume 1. Annex A to Chapter 4|publisher=Australian Government, Department of Defence|access-date=4 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111144314/http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content/+050%20Honours%20Policy/+010%20Order%20of%20wear/04A.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref>

| same = [[Victoria Cross]]

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