Injured US military dog awarded veterans medal

US Marine Corps dog Lucca, who lost her leg on duty, has been awarded a veterans charity medal honouring the work of animals in war, reports BBC.

According to BBC, the 12-year-old German Shepherd Lucca received the medal at a ceremony at Wellington Barracks in central London.

The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals — a British charity known as the PDSA — honored Lucca with its Dickin Medal, reports NBC.

The PDSA says the award is "the highest award any animal in the world can achieve while serving in military conflict" and has given it out just 66 times since 1943.

More than four years after she was reduced to three paws, Lucca was awarded a top military medal for the 400 missions she completed during her service, the NBC reported.