The Victoria Cross medal is the highest medal that an Australian Soldier can be awarded. It is awarded for exceptional bravery and only 100 Victoria Cross medals have been awarded. The first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Sir Neville Howse during the Boer war in 1900 and the latest person to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Corporal Cameron Baird. He died in battle in Afghanistan on the 22nd June 2013. He is also the 100th person to to be awarded the Victoria Cross. Each Victoria Cross medal is specially carved from cannons captured by the English in the Crimean War (1854-1856) and are each handmade by Hannocks and Company in London and this is why each Victoria Cross looks different. The Victoria Cross is hard to be awarded as you need not just a little bit of bravery but enough bravery as Corporal Cameron Baird when he ran towards the enemy and killed 6 enemy but he got fired at by rifles and lost his life.