Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal EROIŻMU U DEDIKAZZJONI" and "TO BEAR WITNESS TO HEROISM AND DEVOTION" separated by a Maltese cross at the top and the date "1942" at the base. The medal is held by a straight suspension bar depicting a relief of olive branches and palm fronds meeting in the centre. The medal is suspended from a blue moire ribbon wide with two narrow central vertical stripes of white and red, each 3mm in width. The medal may also be worn in miniature on appropriate occasions. The miniature of the medal may is in diameter, and the ribbon in width. Malta George Cross
Victoria Cross final seven ballot awards were the only naval ballot awards with three awards to two Q-Ships in 1917 and four awards for the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918. The provision for awards by ballot is still included in the Victoria Cross warrant but there have been no further such awards since 1918. Between 1858 and 1881 the Victoria Cross could be awarded for actions taken "under circumstances of extreme danger" not in the face of the enemy. Six such awards were made during this period—five of them for a single incident during an Expedition to the Andaman Islands in 1867. In