This rare named World War I Era soldier’s New Testament Bible is marked as being printed in Cambridge England by John Clay - M.A. at the University (Cambridge University Press England) The Bible is in good condition with average wear and use. The Bible was carried over the course of World War I by Pvt. Harry C. Griffin, serial number 3359829 (of Harrisburg, PA) who saw combat in the Hundred Day Offensive and a combat veteran of the Meuse–Argonne Offensive.

The The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26th, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse–Argonne offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers. It is the second deadliest battle in American history, resulting in over 350,000 casualties including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. Meuse–Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) during World War I. It was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. It was the largest and bloodiest operation of World War I for the AEF even if, given the scale of other battles on the Western Front, its size was limited and the operation itself secondary as it was far from the main offensive axis.

The inside of the New Testament Bible is heavily inscribed with Pvt. Harry C. Griffin’s information. Bibles like this were carried by soldiers and were sometimes used as a separate identification tool if soldiers were killed in action. The binding of the Bible is in relatively good condition and the pages remain fully intact with some minor spots of staining on certain pages. 

What makes this Bible so unique is the inside section with a message from President Woodrow Wilson from the White House in Washington dated July 28th of 1917. The Bible itself also contains the Lord's Prayer as the first thing upon seeing when opening the Bible. This Bible is heavily inscribed with the soldier’s information and well as the name and information of his sister. Information like this would have been used for contact tracing if the was killed in action and needed to be identified and the family notified.