AN “animal Victoria Cross” awarded to a dog for her bravery during the Second World War was expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction in London today.

Heroic collie Sheila earned the PDSA Dickin Medal when she helped her master John Dagg rescue US airmen from the wreckage of their plane brought down by a snowstorm over Northumberland, in December 1944.

Despite blizzard conditions allowing almost zero visibility, the shepherd and his dog located four of the aircrew, administered first aid and slowly led the party down the mountain in the Cheviots.

Posted: 12|14|05 at 10:23 am. Filed under: UK News.