A West Vancouver veteran who had a lifetime's worth of military and merit medals stolen last week, has now had them returned.
Five days after they were stolen in a smashand-grab from Murray Newman's Beacon Lane home, someone dropped the medals including two Second World War medals, the Canadian Centennial Medal, a Queen's Golden Jubilee medal and the Order of Canada, into a Commercial Drive mailbox. A Canada Post employee found them and handed them over to a local community policing station.
After confirming they were in fact Newman's precious medals, West Vancouver police had the happy task of shepherding them back to their rightful owner Friday night.
"It's just like a miracle," said Newman on Tuesday. "They actually came to our home and presented to them me. The whole thing has just been an amazing business."
Unfortunately, someone did rip the medals' original ribbons and mounting boards off, though West Vancouver police have already been in touch with specialists who can source out authentic replacements.
