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Brian the dog – received the award in 1944 after he parachuted into Normandy with the 13th Battalion, Airborne Division, in June 1944. Brian” (a.k.a. “Bing”), was a cross-bred Alsatian, and ‘a fully qualified paratroop with the requisite number of jumps’, was five years old at the time of receiving his Dickin Medal at a special ceremony held at the P.D.S.A’s Headquarters in Cork Street, London on 26 April 1947. He was also the recipient of a special R.S.P.C.A. collar and medallion ‘For Valour’.
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