Many of us may have a set of medals that our fathers or grandfathers acquired during a theatre of war..
But there are thousands which have been traded, whose origins are not known. Or medals that have been found or turned up in a discarded drawer, with no idea of the history behind them.
My next guest made it his mission to solve the mysteries.
Ian Martyn founded Medals Reunited 15 years ago. He not only traces their history, and discovers some of the incredible stories behind them, but reunites them with their families.
Amoung Jamie Pennell's medals is the New Zealand Gallantry Star (far left) which he was awarded for his role responding to the Taliban’s siege of the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel in 2011. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
