FORT MYERS - Virginia "Ginny" Moore spent almost 60 years thinking the silver identification bracelet she gave her husband was lost forever.
So when she was reunited with it Friday night, she couldn't hold back her emotions.
Moore wept when a Belgian police officer gave her the silver piece that Marcus L. Comer was wearing when he left to fight in World War II in 1944.
"I was speechless," said Moore, who has remarried and lives in North Fort Myers.
"I kissed it. It was wonderful."
Comer's name and Army service number were engraved on one side, the words "Love, Ginny" on the other. Her husband was killed Jan. 14, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge.
Moore didn't expect to ever see the bracelet again.
But in August she got a call from Lorenzo Maierna.
The officer said he found the bracelet in a foxhole in a forest near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium, while searching for World War II artifacts.
Maierna and his wife, who live in Arlon, Belgium, decided to give Moore the bracelet in person.
Moore has amended her will to have the bracelet returned to Maierna after her death. Maierna hopes to open a World War II museum in Belgium to commemorate American veterans.
"You can't explain it," Maierna said of his feelings upon returning the bracelet.
