Now one of those Victoria Crosses, awarded to 24-year-old Cpl. So he decided to show the way,” Snelling wrote in his book VCs of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917. He became a member of the Ontario Provincial Police instead, before re-enlisting during the Second World War. Barron’s Victoria Cross is being sold by the family of a collector who recently died, Erskine-Hill said; it’s unclear when or how the collector acquired it, but the medal is no longer with Barron’s family. A total of 96 Victoria Crosses have been awarded to Canadians since the award was established in 1856, but none since the Second World War.

Source: National Post November 05, 2017 17:26 UTC