Barzalona pulled up his mount Grand Vent and Bronze Cannon suffered a similar fate on the hard ground.

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The Victoria Cross was created in 29 January 1856 and is hand-made from bronze cannon captured from the Russians at the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55 during the Crimean War.

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