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Brian Best

Unrewarded Courage

Acts of Valour that Were Denied the Victoria Cross

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A historical analysis of the courageous military acts denied the highest award from the British honours system.The Victoria Cross is the most exclusive and prestigious of all gallantry awards. In order to retain this exclusivity, the standard of courage, endeavor or sacrifice required for a recommendation to be accepted for the award of the VC must be of the highest possible order. This has meant that many extremely courageous acts have failed to be rewarded with the VC, even though they appear to be just as remarkable in the level of danger and daring as some of those which were accepted for the medal.The reason for this, is that the awardin… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-5267-7247-3
  • EAN: 9781526772473
  • Produktnummer: 37627963
  • Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 216 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


BRIAN BEST has an honors degree in South African History and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was the founder of the Victoria Cross Society in 2002 and edits its Journal. He also lectures about the Victoria Cross and war art.

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