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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Le Vaillant
A 1929 depiction of Le Vaillant
- ... that in 1916 the French appointed a pigeon (pictured) to the Legion of Honour? Source: "the bird was suffering from gas inhalation but delivered the message before dying. It was awarded the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), one of France's highest military awards" from: Small, Steve (2002). Home Fronts, Technologies of War. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-0-7614-7234-6.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 21:31, 1 November 2022 (UTC).
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@Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:41, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
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