Medal to be returned to relative

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I have found a Medal and would really like it to be returned to a relative it states The Defence Medal with a Captain ME Tripps RAOC and a number 316788. This medal does not have the ribbon on it. I tried searching Ancestry and also the NAA search with no luck. Maybe someone can advise

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Instead of “TRIPPS” could it be “CRIPPS” i.e. Mark Edward CRIPPS who fought in the British Army in WW2?
See: Page 2052 | Supplement 36498, 2 May 1944 | London Gazette | The Gazette

A possibility:
There was a Mark Edward CRIPPS who was born in Redbourn, Hertfordshire (England) on 1 May 1911 and who died in district Milton Keynes in 1999. His parents were Walter CRIPPS and Louisa PECK.
Mark was a Sheet Engraver & Die Sinker who’d married an Ada G Pitkin in 1933. The couple seems to have had 2 daughters.

FYI only:
RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps): https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/royal-army-ordnance-corps

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Hi Lainee,
Thanks for your post.
You can contact the Directorate of Honours and Awards - honours.awards@defence.gov.au who may be able to assist you in returning the medal to the family.
Thanks,
Leslie