Original World War Two Newspaper, Daily Mail, 19 July 1944, The Caen Breakthrough Sweetheart Brooches with length of medal ribbon

with length of medal ribbon and larger ring suspension (some medals had this replaced with a bar suspension)

in order to closely mimic the shape

The label clearly confirms this is 1940 Pattern

Marked 7 1/8th

most notably during the Battle of the Bulge

Original World War Two Newspaper, Daily Mail, 19 July 1944, The Caen Breakthrough Sweetheart Brooches with length of medal ribbonComplete newspaper, not a reproduction, part of a large and well looked after collection. 4 pages. Printed 19th July 1944, the day of the complete capture of Caen by Monty's men, the German outpost that had been holding the allies from breaking out of Normandy.