Original U.S. WWII “May This Comfort and Protect You” New Testament Heart-Shield Breast Pocket Bible with Flowers & Notes Inside Japanese Replica by the Bethlehem Steel Co

by the Bethlehem Steel Co

just ten days after the commencement of Operation Torch

The grooves also show past fouling and oxidation

it looks to have never been fitted with a belt hook

most likely on the occasion of a veteran’s reunion

Original U.S. WWII “May This Comfort and Protect You” New Testament Heart-Shield Breast Pocket Bible with Flowers & Notes Inside Japanese Replica by the Bethlehem Steel CoOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a lovely example of an item that is growing increasingly difficult to come across, the Heart Shield bible. An American soldier received this pocket Bible from his sister, Sue, before he shipped off to Europe during World War II. In this bible he placed a flower and small clutch of leaves, which are now flat and preserved. On the very last page of the book, the soldier wrote a few short Diary entries. The