Vintage 1940s Sweetheart Heart Pendant Mercury

This unusual vintage 1940s heart pendant/charm has a cut-out profile of Mercury, the Roman God of merchandise and merchants. It is displayed on a black lucite heart on top of a silver tone heart. Measures 1 1/2″ long (including the bale) by 1″ wide. During World War !!, men assigned to the machine shop would make these pendants as tokens of their love for their sweethearts. In excellent condition.