HOW THE V.C. CROSS IS MADE.

Mataura Ensign, 14 February 1916, Page 7

HOW THE V.C. CROSS IS MADE.

Kvor since tin* Victoria Cros* was instituted liv Qm>iMi Victoria :»t - tlnend of ill.- 'Crimean W'.r [lm makms of Mif medals ba* boon m t.ho hands oi Hu* *anie firm. The ordinary modal i.s made from a steel die. bo my; stamped ;md comnlotcd in tin* same process; hut t>-.e metal from which tho \ lotona cross's iirr made i.s so bard that no d'o would str.nd it without breaking, it. is well known that tho first- erodes ivtviv made from captured Ku.s-sian -Mills hut now tbo material comes fro in £nns taken from tho Chinesv. A\il.h an order for tho oross is sonf a supyly of tho metal. Kirst. a rou;j;li oa.se of the eros* is made, and this lias to bo Tiled, drilled and rhasod. The chasm-: occupies the attention of a, skilled artisan for many hours. The bar ; .s a separate t-nstinu;. and is also chafed. The authorities are most careful, to sc> that none of tbe metal is w-vstod. ft is most orirelully .served out. and if sinv is 'oft over- from on.- lot of crosses if w n.» before a fre.sh Minnly can be obtained.