United States. An Army Air Force (Usaaf) Bombardier Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed for them to wear when

for them to wear when they were shot down so that they would not be mistaken for downed Allied fliers and shot

and a Flak 88 facing towards the top right

and has stook the test of time

By that time of the war it was more common for pilot recipients to receive only the document

Assistance

United States. An Army Air Force (Usaaf) Bombardier Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed for them to wear whenUnited States; Sterling silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, seventeen inlaid glass stones, maker marked "BY Coro" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 35. 8 mm (w) x 11. 3 mm (h), horizontal pinback, the eighteenth glass stone at the tip of the right wing having been lost to time, near extremely fine.