MINIATURE GEORGE CROSS

THE GEORGE CROSS IS THE HIGHEST CIVIL DECORATION AND IS THE COUNTERPART OF THE VICTORIA CROSS, THE GEORGE CROSS IS AWARDED TO CIVILIANS FOR ACTS OF EXTREME HEROISM AND ALSO MILITARY PERSONEL FOR ACTS OF GALLANTRY WHICH ARE NOT IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY.

THIS AWARD WAS CREATED IN 1940 BY GEORGE VI DURING THE TIME OF THE BLITZ TO AWARD THE MANY ACTS OF CIVILIAN COURAGE.

DIE STRUCK MINIATURE MEDAL

MADE IN THE U.K