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I suggest that this page be moved to Victoria Cross for New Zealand, which currently redirects here. The full name of the award this page is about is the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. Victoria Cross (New Zealand) might be an appropriate title for a page about the awards of Victoria Crosses to New Zealanders, but that is not what this page is about.
Thoughts? Comments? Objections? Quadparty 02:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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Do we know who made the first medal? Was it the same outfit that has made all the Imperial VCs? Albatross2147 ( talk) 20:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
The lead section says the original VC has been awarded 23 times to 22 individuals and the awarding the medal section says 21 times, yet the link to the List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality shows 25 awards to 24 individuals. Presumably the list is correct and the two sections here need to be amended. -- DavidCane ( talk) 21:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
The lead says "Due to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has been sold for over £200,000 at auction." Is this referring to the NZ-VC (of which there's only one, so of course it's rare) or VCs in general? If it refers to the one and only NZ-VC, surely this should be made clear: if not, the ambiguity should be removed, as this is not an article about VCs in general. Physchim62 (talk) 00:20, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
The sentence on the true origin of the metal was rather confusing/misleading since it appeared to be a misreading of the sources. I've tried to improve it here [1]. My understanding from the 3 sources particularly the Guardian one is that the X-rays have little to do with establishing the origin of the cannons. The X-rays simply showed that the earlier medals were made from metal originating from a different source which is significant since amongst other reasons it's sometimes claimed all VCs were made from this metal. This isn't particularly relevant to this article (since the one and only VCNZ was made from this metal) so IMHO is not necessary. The reason it's known the cannons are Chinese isn't clearly stated but my assumption is the design etc make it obvious the cannons are Chinese not Russian. Finally while one of the sources uses the word antique, I think that's best left out. My understanding from the Guardian source is that it's still theoretically possible these cannons were use Sebastopol but there's no evidence for this so it seems unlikely. Saying they are antique in the current context seems to me to imply they are significantly older then Sebastopol and therefore could not have been used there but that doesn't seem to be the case. Any further working on the wording is welcome but I think careful reading of the sources is needed to ensure we actually say what the sources are saying. Nil Einne ( talk) 10:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
Does either the warrant for the VC for NZ or the NZ Order of Wear state that the VC for NZ have equivalent precedence? Anthony Staunton ( talk) 02:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
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I've found the degree of source-text issues here to be concerning (and I haven't checked even a majority of the sources). @ Zawed and Woody: - any interest in trying to get the ref placement squared away, or should this one go to WP:FAR? Hog Farm Talk 17:44, 1 January 2023 (UTC)