A family in the US has been reunited with their grandfather's military dog tag, 70 years after he was killed in World War Two.
Lieutenant Stiles Gaffney died in Italy in 1944 and his family presumed his military dog tag was lost forever.
That is until a young Italian bought it at a flea market and tracked the soldier's family in Pennsylvania to return it to them.
His granddaughter Susan Young was aware of the tag growing up, but never expected it to be found.
Gaffney was a second lieutenant for the army's 350th Regiment and a member of the Blue Devils, the 88th Infantry Division.
A Harrisburg native, he was laid to rest at the Florence American Cemetery in Italy. Following his death, the family was never able to track down his dog tag.
When 22-year-old Alessio Baiocco found it, he immediately began to search for the war veteran's family, eager to return the now-treasured war item.
After two years searching, Mr Baiocco finally connected with the family through the Pennsylvania Veterans Museum. In a letter, he wrote:
"My intention is to send you the dog tags of your relative, because I would be proud to do justice to a hero who sacrificed his life to liberate my country from oppression and tyranny of Nazism."
Praising Mr Baiocco, Ms Young said: "Finding something like that in a flea market and realising the importance of it to a family was unbelievable to me."
"He's constantly on email saying, 'Thank you, I appreciate what your grandfather helped to do in freeing us and keeping us in Italy'," she added.
