Victoria Cross with the recipient's name, rank, number and unit. On the reverse of the medal is a circular panel on which the date of the act for which it was awarded is engraved in the centre. The Original Warrant Clause 1 states that the Victoria Cross "shall consist of a Maltese cross of bronze". Nonetheless, it has always been a cross pattée; the discrepancy with the Warrant has never been corrected. The ribbon is crimson, 1 1/2 " (38 mm) wide. The original (1856) specification for the award stated that the ribbon should be red for army recipients and dark blue
Naval Good Shooting Medal until the competition was discontinued upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Holders of the medal who qualified for a subsequent award, were awarded a clasp to be worn on the ribbon of the original medal. In the order of wear prescribed by the British Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the Naval Good Shooting Medal takes precedence after the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal and before the Militia Long Service Medal. The medal was struck in silver and is a disk, in diameter, with a raised rim on each side and suspended from a