Image:Victoria Cross of Canada.jpg

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Description

The Canadian Variant of the Victoria Cross; the Victoria Cross (Canada)
Source

http://www.gg.ca/images/NewVictoriaCrossHiRes.jpg
Article

Victoria Cross (Canada)
Portion used

Image cropped by original uploader
Low resolution?

yes
Purpose of use

To show the medal itself including the changes from the original Victoria Cross
Replaceable?

Since it's inception in 1993, no awards have been issued. Since no medals currently exist it would be impossible to photograph one.
Other information All of the Canadians that were awarded the original VC have died as of 2005, and all had the British Version of the VC which differs from this VC.

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current01:24, 17 May 2008240×383 (66 KB)Zscout370 (Talk | contribs) (Reducing image size, to comply with fair use issues)
20:37, 16 May 2008750×972 (505 KB)Cahk (Talk | contribs) (== Copyright == Governor General of Canada. The copyright held for this image is Crown Copyright, since it is a work of the Canadian Government. The licensing terms is at [http://www.gg.ca/in-ai/index_e.asp GG Copyright terms] == Fair use == {{Non-fr)

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Image title The first Canadian Victoria Cross medal - produced by the Government of Canada
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 18:24, 16 May 2008
Author David Ashe
Y and C positioning 1
Exif version 2.2
DateTime subseconds 718
Color space 65535