The blue ribbon Victoria Cross was awarded up to 1917. It is the on Colour Sergeant John Prettyjohns would have received.

ID: 538 ~ Source: https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/collections/william-hall-vc ~ Creator: Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage
cch@novascotia.ca
States, David W., “William Hall, VC, of Horton Bluff , Nova Scotia:
Nineteenth-Century Naval Hero”, in Collections of the Royal Nova Scotia
Historical Society, vol. 44, 1996 ~ Date: 1996
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The blue ribbon Victoria Cross was awarded up to 1917. It is the on Colour Sergeant John Prettyjohns would have received.
© Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Nova Scotia William Hall’s Victoria Cross was worn on a blue ribbon, to represent the Royal Navy, as it was awarded with such a ribbon color since its inception in 1856, whereas the Victoria Cross with crimson ribbon was awarded to members of the armed forces. Since 1918, however, all Victoria Crosses are worn on the crimson ribbon.

This file appears in: Royal Marine Colour Sergeant John Prettyjohns