Paratroopers - Tannie Mossie 1 Cent Bible

Paratroopers - Tannie Mossie 1 Cent Bible

Tannie Mossie 1 cent Bible, original Bible, sighed by Tannie Mossie with a small place holder. Those who were there will know the whole story, this Bible was given to members of the Parachute Bn during active duty. Please feel free to do a "google" search for more information. Below a extract from one of the forums.

 “A very distinctive tradition of the Parabats concerns TannieMossie, who was Ms Joan Abrams, a teacher in Bloemfontein. She chose the name after the legend of a group of women who requested a previous government to put a sparrow on the smallest coin in South Africa’s currency, based on Matthew 10:29, which reads ‘…are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father’. TannieMossie wanted every soldier to know that God will protect them from ‘…falling from the sky’ with their parachutes. She handed every soldier a necklace, consisting of a half cent on a string of para-cord, before they were deployed for active duty, telling them the story of the women and of Matthew 10:29. She truly loved the soldiers and the duty they were doing for their country and took it upon herself to be a mother or loving aunt to all of them. She enlisted thousands of school children to write letters to the Parabats, usually addressed to ‘…Liewe Oom Dapper Soldaat’.

This is a very rare item and will surely be a valuable addition to any collection.

Front

First page - Sighned by Tannie Mossie

Note - This Bible is in Afrikaans

Small place holder card - the back is in English.

Any inputs from the big collectors or "ou" manne are more than welcome.