Martin,
An interesting, but sad story. It's good to know that there are still decent people out there
As someone who is also searching for "missing" medals I wish you luck. There is a online service called medal tracker (just google it). There is a small fee, but I am using it (no news yet though
) and the details stay on there until you say otherwise. A long shot I know, but it's got to be worth a try!
Thanks for sharing that,
Andy