Hero the Bear Usa Flag on Chest

This USA Hero carries its flag patch on the chest rather than the arm, which is the quickest check against the other two USA versions, both of which wear the patch on the arm, one plain and one reversed.

Chest-flag Hero is the third of three USA versions in a family of five Hero Beanie Babies. The other two are a British Hero under style 40013 and an Australian Hero under style 40014, all saluting people who serve in the armed forces.

The USA line was a charity release. All of the profit from an original purchase went to the USO, and in 2004 Hero rode along with the Cody Banks 2 movie premiere, packaged with a special Cody Banks swing tag.