Sorry to say that in 35 years of medal trading I had occasion to buy medals on a handful of occasions which I subsequently found had been stolen. The sort of people who do this aren't in the least interested in anything but the money they can get for the items they steal. If its an Air Ops Iraq it's worth good money on the open market, so the thief will have no problem in offloading it to an unscrupulous buyer. I'd like to be optimistic about the outcome but experience tells me it's unlikely to turn up.