PIGEON'S DICKIN MEDAL FETCHES £8000

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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 53, December 24, 2017, Article 21

PIGEON'S DICKIN MEDAL FETCHES £8000

Here's a follow-up on the recent sale of a carrier pigeon's Dickin medal. -Editor

A Second World War medal awarded to a pigeon for her service to the RAF has been sold an impressive £8,680 (inclusive) at auction.

Princess was among 32 pigeons that have received the Dickin Medal, which is the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

Auctioneer Russell Beard previously described the medal as:

“Very rare and a collector’s dream.”

Princess was awarded the medal after returning safely to her loft at RAF Alexandria from a 500 mile mission to deliver vital information.

Today, she is known in the history books as one of the finest performances in the war record of the Pigeon service.

Princess was awarded the medal after returning safely to her loft at RAF Alexandria from a 500 mile mission to deliver vital information. Today, she is known in the history books as one of the finest performances in the war record of the Pigeon service.

To read the complete article, see:
Hero Pigeon's Medal Fetches A Coooo...l £8000 At Auction (http://www.forces.net/news/hero-pigeons-medal-fetches-cooool-ps8000-auction)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
CARRIER PIGEON'S DICKIN MEDAL UP FOR SALE (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n51a27.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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