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myambutol The editors dispel the rumour that current VCs are no longer made from the bronze cascabels (balancing weights) of Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol in 1855. “There is still enough metal from this source,” they explain, “to make 60 more crosses and the truncated cannon themselves can be seen at the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich.” So prone to shattering is this poor-quality bronze that the casting “has to be done in sand and takes much finishing, resulting in minor variations in the design”. No two medals, in consequence, are exactly alike.