A racing pigeon, now stuffed, awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent to the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest medal, at a pre-sale viewing in London, on April 5, 1994, is to be sold at auction. The pigeon named “Ruhr Express” was parachuted in a container to German forces surrounded in the Ruhr on April 11, … Continue reading "England Pigeon Dickin Medal Auction"
