The WW2 buttons with a BIG secret - and their link with James Bond

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Published on April 15, 2022 11:00:18 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNbbuLXToa4

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What at first appear to be two innocuous-looking trouser buttons are, in fact, something entirely different.

The items belong to Sheila Webb, the daughter of a member of Bomber Command who was shot down during a bombing raid over Germany in 1943.

Almost 80 years later, her father's trouser buttons have become an internet sensation after a video of them was viewed more than a million times on Twitter.

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