Growing up in Canada and having a keen interest in military history I was impressed with individuals who were awarded the Victory Cross. The criteria is daunting, tougher in my estimation than the criteria set forth in awarding the MOH.
What is most interesting ... the VC medal ... the actual metal used in the medal ... was metal melted down from the cannons captured in the famous British "Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1852 (Victorian England) during the Crimean War against the Russians.
Victoria Cross.
My compliments to the US Army.
If my memory serves, it was the US Marine Corps that liberated most of Grenada
Semper fi!
In a similar vein: all Purple Hearts awarded today come from the gigantic stockpile which was manufactured in 1945 for the invasion of Japan.