Lucca the heroic three-legged war dog wins medal - video

Twelve-year-old military dog Lucca is awarded the highest war medal for her service with the US marine corps. The German Shepherd has been honoured with the PDSA Dickin medal in London – the equivalent to the Victoria Cross – after completing 400 missions over the course of six years, keeping troops safe by sniffing out munitions. During a patrol in Afghanistan in 2012, an IED detonation cost Lucca her leg, but not her spirit
Still images and archive footage supplied by PDSA