Original U.S. WWII Named “May This Keep You From Harm” New Testament Heart-Shield Breast Pocket Bible - 34th Infantry Division Combat Veteran Palmer Egstad, 135th Infantry Regiment MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The top of the breech

The top of the breech lever also still has the correct two line patent marking visible:

the Dunkirk evacuation and

The cylinder arbor pin and loading rammer are both marked with shortened number 0976

Purchased from the family of a WWII Merchant Navy Veteran

showing the cork construction underneath

Original U.S. WWII Named “May This Keep You From Harm” New Testament Heart-Shield Breast Pocket Bible - 34th Infantry Division Combat Veteran Palmer Egstad, 135th Infantry Regiment MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The top of the breechOriginal 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. John Phillips, an American soldier, received a government issue pocket Bible before he shipped off to Europe during World War II. On patrol, trudging through knee deep snow during the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, Phillips and his squad found themselves in the middle of an ambush.