Victoria Cross Poppy

$6.25

Victoria Cross Poppy – Papaver somniferum

These cards are blank on the inside and measure 5”x 7”.

Premium cardstock, together with an envelope, and in individual protective cellophane bags.

Free shipping included on orders of ten cards or more.

SKU: JD_C516315 Category:
  • BLANK NOTECARDS: These cards are great for any occasion: birthdays, thank yous, sympathy, or just saying hello.
  • UNIQUE ORIGINAL DESIGN: The perfect way to personalize your handwritten messages. Recipients are sure to be grateful for you going the extra mile with these cards! They also make an excellent gift for someone special.
  • QUALITY: These cards are printed on durable card stock, so friends and relatives can save your meaningful messages.
  • DOUBLES AS DECOR: Notecards work wonderfully as miniature art pieces to display on the desk or bulletin board.

Papaver somniferum, the Victoria Cross poppy is a remarkable flower with a fringed petal and a white cross in the middle. Once seen never forgotten. Fragile but memorable.  It was named after the highest British military decoration awarded for valor “in the face of the enemy” by Queen Victoria during the Crimean War. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals. It may be awarded to a person of any rank, in any service, and to civilians under military command.

In 2007 the charity Gardening Leave was founded in England, it focuses on the mental health of veterans. Every year since that time they have grown the Victoria Cross poppy in remembrance of our origins and the bravery of the veterans they wish to help. Every year veterans collect the seeds, bag them up and sell them to raise money for Gardening Leave – and so the process continues.