Orignal U.S. WWI 2nd Division KIA Pocket Testament Bible - James Frederick Carper - 23rd Infantry Regiment 19th Century based on the use of

based on the use of the foil and the attached (rather than the removable) leather chinstrap we suspect it is from the late 1930s or possibly a wartime helmet

Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (Arabic: محمد أحمد ابن عبد الله

and the correct folded up neck flap

and a sword inside the arrow

Orignal U.S. WWI 2nd Division KIA Pocket Testament Bible - James Frederick Carper - 23rd Infantry Regiment 19th Century based on the use ofOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very interesting pocket bible that likely belonged to James Frederick Carper, either being taken overseas or kept by his sister, Mary, whose name is in the front with a date of January 23rd, 1918. As James left for France in July 1918, its possible she gifted this to him before he left, and received it back with his personal belongings. There is an inscription on the 2nd page: JAMES FREDERICK CARPER BORN APRIL