A woman was reunited with a World War I medal belonging to her great-grandfather - after it was found at a bric-a-brac stall in a park.
Park volunteers running the stall spotted the WWI Victory medal, The United Kingdom and British Empire First World War campaign medal and realised its importance.
After researching the engraving on the medal online they found it belonged to Jesse Jestico Marven, who died in 1956, and served in the Royal Naval Air Service in WW1.
They were able to track down his great-granddaughter Lyn Marven, 46, and arranged for it to be taken to Liverpool where Lyn and her family live.
Lyn, who was born in Glasgow, said it was a 'wonderful surprise' to have been given the medal, after she had been researching her great-grandfather for her family tree.
The 107-year-old medal was found on June 5 at a stall in Silverburn Park, Fife, which was being run by the Friends Of Silverburn Park.
Lyn, who is a senior university lecturer in German, said: "It's a wonderful surprise - we had no idea that the medal was 'missing'.
"To have it turn up unexpectedly like this, and for so many people to go to such lengths to help reunite the medal with the family, is really touching.
"I first did some research on my great grandad for a departmental blog commemorating the centenary of the First World War a few years ago.
"It led to some interesting new connections.
"I was fascinated to trace my great grandad's service history, including joining the nascent RAF through his service in the Royal Naval Air Service.
"I love the family legend that he flew under the Forth Rail Bridge.
"I was contacted by a complete stranger who happened to have been visiting Leven that day and spotted the medal on a pop-up stall run by the Friends of Silverburn Park.
"She was keen to find a way to reunite the medal with the family, so looked up my great grandad's full name and found my blog post.
"She messaged me through Facebook and told me all about it, and from there I contacted Silverburn Park.
"They very kindly put me in touch with the vice-chair of the Friends of Silverburn Park who had put the medal to one side for safekeeping.
"By happy coincidence his sister-in-law, who lives on the Wirral, was visiting him at the time and very kindly agreed to bring the medal back down with her in person.
"My parents and I met up with her in Liverpool, and she presented my dad with the medal at the WWI war memorial in the grounds of the church.
"The medal is now with my dad.
"I was quite curious and excited.
"I hadn't met my great-grandad as he died long before I was born, and there aren't many artefacts that have been passed down through the family.
"It's amazing to think that this is something he once held, and especially that this was the result of his experiences a hundred years ago during the war.
"My dad in particular is delighted to have the medal as a connection to his grandad."
A spokesperson from Silverburn Park commented: "We were delighted to play a part in reuniting the family with the lost medal.
"Our Friends of Silverburn Park group have been voluntarily running a range of fundraising events for developments to the Park including the bric-a-brac stall that led to this find.
"As well as happily reuniting the family with the medal, also delighted that they contributed a donation to our crowdfunding page to help us achieve long-term benefits for the area"
