Commemorative Cross of the 1916–1918 War exterior and 7 mm on the interior. In the center of the cross, there is a 13 mm circle. The external borders of the cross and the circle have 1.3 mm. Inside the circle, on the obverse, there is the royal cypher of King Ferdinand I of Romania (two "F"s facing away with a royal crown on top), while on the reverse there is inscribed "1916"|"1918" on the early models and "1916"|"1919" on later models, in two rows. The 30 mm ribbon alternates four equal bars of dark blue with three equal bars of green. Seventeen clasps were approved for
Victoria Cross (Canada) the scroll from "FOR VALOUR" to the Latin translation, "PRO VALORE", so as to accommodate Canada's two official languages. In 2008, Citizens for a Canadian Republic's leader, Tom Freda, publicly objected to the decoration's name and appearance, with what he saw as its "objectionable colonial symbolism," royal iconography, and a shape offensive to Muslims and Jews. With Canada at war for the first time since its version of the Victoria Cross was created, preparations for a physical cast of the medal were initiated in 2006, when a committee called the Victoria Cross Production Planning Group was formed under the leadership