The decision almost feels like an act of valour.
Times, Sunday Times
Selection was based on acts of valour, but the statutes of the order were primarily religious.
Times, Sunday Times
An ostentatious gewgaw would have distracted attention from the pre-eminent acts of valour that had earned its wearer this new, supreme decoration.
Times, Sunday Times
Awarded: for acts of valour in peace or war.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0