War Hero’s Medal Returns After 92 Years

After soldier Walter Thomas Baker was killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, a medal commemorating his brave sacrifice was sent to his widow.

Now more than 90 years later, the medal – known as the Dead Man’s Penny – has been returned to his closest living relative in Lowestoft after being hidden in an attic on the other side of the Atlantic for decades.

The saucer-sized bronze gunmetal medal was sent home to Mr Baker’s widow, living in Canada, after his death on September 20, 1916, but it was soon lost.

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