Ad for the Heart-shield Bible. The Perfect Crime #14, New York, Cross Publications, July 1951. “The gold-plated 20-gauge steel cover has repeatedly been subjected to target tests and has in every case deflected 45-calibre service bullets shot at an angle [my emphasis]. It may as miraculously deflect bayonet or shrapnel.”
First page of a complaint against Dodge, Incorporated, manufacturer of the “Shield of Faith Armored Bible.” Federal Trade Commission Decisions, vol. 40 (1947): Findings, Orders and Stipulations, January 1, 1945 to June 30, 1945, 29-34. The entire volume is available online as a PDF download.
"The facts being said books were not capable of deflecting bullets except in such isolated instances as where the steel cover might be struck from an extreme angle[.]"
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