Victoria Cross for Canada

E122896

gallantry award military decoration

The Victoria Cross for Canada is the country's highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Croix de Victoria du Canada	1
Victoria Cross (Canada)	1
Victoria Cross for Canada canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1028769 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Victoria Cross for Canada
Context triple: [Victoria Cross, relatedAward, Victoria Cross for Canada]

A. Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is a British military decoration awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy.
B. Victoria Cross for Australia
The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest military decoration awarded to members of the Australian Defence Force for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
C. The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
D. Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
E. The George Cross
The George Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Victoria Cross for Canada
Target entity description: The Victoria Cross for Canada is the country's highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.

A. Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is a British military decoration awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy.
B. Victoria Cross for Australia
The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest military decoration awarded to members of the Australian Defence Force for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
C. The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
D. Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
E. The George Cross
The George Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gallantry award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
administeredBy	Chancellery of Honours at Rideau Hall ⓘ linked to: Chancellery of Honours
awardedFor	devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy ⓘ extraordinary valour ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Governor General of Canada ⓘ monarch of Canada ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
designBasedOn	British Victoria Cross ⓘ linked to: The Victoria Cross
eligibility	allied forces serving with Canadian forces ⓘ civilians under military command ⓘ members of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
established	1993 ⓘ
establishedBy	Canadian monarch ⓘ Government of Canada ⓘ linked to: Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
establishedByInstrument	Letters Patent ⓘ linked to: Letters patent
firstCreatedIn	reign of Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
hasCivilianEquivalent	Cross of Valour (Canada) ⓘ linked to: Cross of Valour
hasGrades	single grade only ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
inscriptionText	Pro Valore ⓘ
isPersonalDecoration	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Canadian forces
languageOfName	English ⓘ
material	gold-plated bronze ⓘ
motto	Pro Valore ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoMeaning	For Valour ⓘ
multipleAwardsIndicatedBy	bars to the cross ⓘ
obverseDesign	Royal Crown surmounted by a lion with scroll inscribed Pro Valore ⓘ
officialFrenchName	Croix de Victoria du Canada ⓘ linked to: Victoria Cross for Canada
partOf	Canadian Honours System ⓘ
postNominals	VC ⓘ
postNominalsUsage	placed after all academic and professional designations ⓘ
precedence	highest in Canadian orders, decorations and medals ⓘ
relatedAward	Medal of Military Valour ⓘ linked to: Star of Military Valour Star of Military Valour ⓘ
replaced	British Victoria Cross in Canadian use ⓘ
reverseDesign	raised circle for date of act of valour ⓘ
ribbonColour	crimson ⓘ
ribbonWidth	38 millimetres ⓘ
scopeOfActs	in the presence of the enemy ⓘ
scopeOfTheatres	war or active operations against an enemy ⓘ
shape	cross pattée ⓘ
status	highest military decoration in Canada ⓘ
suspension	straight bar suspension with laurel leaves ⓘ
wearingLocation	left breast ⓘ
wearingOrder	before all other Canadian and foreign awards ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victoria Cross → relatedAward → Victoria Cross for Canada ⓘ

subject linked to: The Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross for Canada → officialFrenchName → Croix de Victoria du Canada ⓘ

linked to: Victoria Cross for Canada

Victoria Cross for New Zealand → distinctFrom → Victoria Cross (Canada) ⓘ