Talk:Dickin Medal

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i think it is Apollo the pigeon i checked on discovery channel

Find a reliable source (Newspaper, official documents, etc) and feel free to edit. 24.205.34.217 18:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of "British Commonwealth"/"Commonwealth of Nations"

I still feel that it is superfluous to highlight that the former British Commonwealth is now the Commonwealth of Nations in relation to the original 1943-1949 series of Dickin Medals. The renaming of the Commonwealth took place in April 1949, and only two Dickin Medals were awarded after this date: Tich the dog on 1 July 1949 for actions during WW2, and Simon the cat on 8 August 1949 (date confirming award) for actions in April-through-July 1949.

In other words, of the original series of 54 medals, 52 were awarded before the renaming, and 53 were for actions prior to the change (the latter also applies to the special "late" award for Gander). After Simon's award, the medal was officially replaced with the non-war-specific PDSA Silver Medal (I have also corrected my mistaken reference to the more recent Gold Medal).

The current status of the "modern" 2002-onwards award as to whether it is British, Commonwealth or global is not clear from the PDSA website. The two military awards are to British dogs, albeit one attached to Canadian forces at the time. All three 9/11 dogs are, of course, American, but may be viewed as "exceptional" in the same way that an honorary knighthood can be awarded to a non-Commonwealth citizen (e.g. Bob Geldof and Bill Gates).

I would hope that the text as it now stands is a reasonable compromise.

Nick Cooper 19:48, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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