Derbyshire trading standards officers, working with military medal experts ... try to recover the money made by Lyttel and ...

bought medal collections at auctions and forged the missing medals to inflate the value. His company, Croft Militaria, also sold poppy badges in breach of a Royal British Legion trademark.

Murray Shaw, who owns the medals, said Mr Blair could have helped ... Adrian Stevenson, militaria expert for Hansons, said Mr Blair's items helped to tell "a fascinating story".

said Lyttel set up Croft Militaria Ltd from his home in Ashbourne Road, Mackworth, in 2014. He said the defendant sold medals ...