The Legend of the Capri Bell

[442RCT]

I knew the story behind the "dingy" whistles clipped to the collar stays of A-2 jackets, but not the "Capri bell" which were also clipped to A-2 collars or used as zipper pulls. I googled it and found this site:

http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/luckybell.html

I dunno if this would be technically jacket art or what, so I posted it here.

 

[TankBuster]

It was very common with 15th and 12th AAF guys to get these. They would pick them up in Capri while on leave, ect...
Normally they would be connected to the throat latch.