DICKIN MEDAL CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 47, November 25, 2018, Article 26

DICKIN MEDAL CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY

This Forces Network article notes a celebration on the 75th anniversary of the Dickin medal. -Editor

The 75th anniversary of the first animal award for bravery, the PDSA Dickin Medal, is being celebrated at London's Imperial War Museum.

Its recipients include 34 dogs, 32 pigeons, four horses and one cat.

Mali, a retired British military working dog, is the only living recipient of the award.

The Belgian Malinois was awarded the Dickin Medal after a deployment in Afghanistan. Whilst there Mali searched for explosives under direct fire on two occasions and was seriously injured by grenade blasts.

Created 75 years ago by animal charity worker, Maria Dickin, the Dickin Medal bears the inscription "We Also Serve" and is considered by some as the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

To read the complete article, see:
Military Animal Heroes Lauded As Dickin Medal Turns 75 (https://www.forces.net/news/animal-heroes-lauded-dickin-medal-turns-75)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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