I can confirm the Canadian part of the story....those items were"stolen" out of the Canadian War Museum by one dealer who for some reason was given access to their collection and store rooms. He and his buddy just walked out with the stuff and threw it into his station wagon. I don't know why he was trusted with this, perhaps he had a friend on staff? Anyway, I just heard about this through collector gossip as I was beginning to collect, I was warned about him. Even so, I did meet him once and visited his offices. He showed my a beautiful Baden Arty officer helme he had for sale but I did not have the cash. His reputation was destroyed by the scandal although he tried to stay in the game and set up an antiques store in Cookstown Ontario, that lasted for about a year and then closed. His name I believe was John M. This was in the late 1980's.