Army

Canadian Police Reunite Missing Medal With British Army War Veteran

Canadian police have returned a missing medal to a British Army veteran based in Belfast nearly a decade after it went missing.

“I am over the moon to get my medal back after all this time,” Allan Marshall said in a statement on Wednesday.

“This particular medal holds tremendous sentimental value as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II personally presented the medal to me after my operational tour of Iraq."

Marshall discovered the badges were missing shortly after he was honourably discharged in 2006.

In October, a family member spotted the 2003 Iraq Campaign Service Medal on Arctic Medals website. The company had purchased the badge at an auction legitimately, and had no idea that anyone was looking for it, according to police.

“I am over the moon to get my medal back after all this time."

As soon as they were contacted by officials, they handed the medal over so it could be returned to Marshall.

"I want to thank members of the Calgary Police Service and Arctic Medals for helping me recover my medal," said Marshall.

“During this time of the year, and in light of recent current events, we all have to be appreciative for the valiant efforts and sacrifices of our young men and women serving overseas so that we can all enjoy our freedoms here at home and throughout the free world,” said Mike McMahon, owner of Arctic Medals. "I was very happy to be able to return this valuable keepsake to its rightful owner."

How the medals went missing remains a mystery, we're trying to determine this ourselves - but please contact us through facebook if you know any details!