Image:Victoria Cross of Canada (Second award).jpg

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Veteran Affairs Canada (page updated in 2001). The copyright held for this image is Crown Copyright, since it is a work of the Canadian Government. The licensing terms is at Canadian Government Copyright page

[edit] Fair use

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Victoria Cross (Canada)
Description

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

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group02/canvc
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
current01:29, 17 May 2008103×200 (23 KB)Zscout370 (Talk | contribs) (Trying again)
01:25, 17 May 2008181×350 (37 KB)Zscout370 (Talk | contribs) (Cropping)
02:55, 13 July 2007235×518 (39 KB)Zscout370 (Talk | contribs) (The Canadian Variant of the Victoria Cross. Original image is from http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group02/canvc but the image has been cropped by me. == Copyright == Veteran Affairs Canada (page updated in)

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