Dickin Medal Dickin Medal The PDSA Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in World War II. It is a bronze medallion, bearing the words "For Gallantry" and "We Also Serve" within a laurel wreath, carried on a ribbon of striped green, dark brown, and pale blue. It is awarded to animals that have displayed "conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units". The award is commonly referred to as "the animals' Victoria Cross" (although the Victoria
Queen Victoria Police Jubilee Medal and members of ambulance units. Those in possession of the earlier Golden Jubilee Police Medal who again qualified, received a dated clasp to be fixed to their existing medal. Below are the number of medals awarded, the wording of the service being that inscribed on the medal: The medal and ribbon were identical for the 1887 and 1897 medal, with the exception of the year inscribed on the reverse.<br> The medal is of bronze, in diameter and has a plain straight ribbon bar. Queen Victoria Police Jubilee Medal A Police Jubilee Medal was awarded to those on duty at Queen