A MYSTERY medal produced by the Liverpool Daily Post has been unearthed by a reader.

Helen Hazell was clearing her late father’s house when she came across the nine-carat gold trinket, which she believes may have been presented to her grandfather.

She said: “It was with my mum’s stuff.

“My mum and all her family came from Liverpool.

“She was born in 1932 and the hallmark dates it to 1938, so I cannot imagine it could have been hers.

“It is not engraved as an award.”

The inscription on the medal, which was made by Boodle & Dunthorpe, provides no clues.

Helen added: “My grandparents Beryl and Thomas Perkin lived in Wavertree and the West Derby area. He worked on the railway for years – all his life really.

“I suspect my mum got it when she cleared her dad’s house.”

Helen is hoping a Daily Post reader will be able to shed some light on her find.

She said: “I do not just want to dispose of it without knowing its history.

“Just going by the hallmark, I did some research about things of significance in that year and found mention of a gold medal having been produced for the launch of the Queen Mary, but the medallion makes no reference to that.”

DO YOU know anything about the medal? Contact reporter Laura Jones on 0151-472 2376.