NOONANS TO SELL DICKIN MEDAL

Judy was awarded a Dickin Medal, also known as an Animal Victoria Cross, for her actions thwarting a night-time terrorist attack on British officers in Palestine in 1946.

She also saved the life of her severely wounded brother Punch during the same incident.

The medal will go under the hammer at Noonans in June, with a guide price between £14,000 and £18,000.

Both dogs were presented with their Dickin Medals during the Royal Tournament at Olympia on June 14, 1947.

Mr Mellor-Hill said: "The sale of a Dickin Medal is always hugely emotive and this story is no different reflecting bravery and courage as well as emphasising the great British tradition of the almost human-like relationship that dogs have for us and others."

Explaining Judy's heroics, Christopher Mellor-Hill, head of client liaison at the auction house, said: "Judy and Punch belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. K. Campbell, the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Jerusalem Military Court, and Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. G. Niven, the Adjutant General, who shared a house in a Jerusalem suburb.

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