December 2019 Meeting
Danish adventurer Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA
Provided by Arion, a SBHAA member - describing the photograph.
Arion Larsen:
"In my dad's writing": Danish adventurer Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA. Pictured in Germany during WWII where Jorgen was a photographer for the U.S. Army and thus by joining became a U.S. citizen. Born in Copenhagen in 1906.
Dad was Bjarne Larsen. He was born in Copenhagen on 11/24/1934 and saw WWII firsthand. He helped pass out the resistance newspaper. I think his uncle helped smuggle Jews to Sweden.
None of us know the story behind the photo except that it was on the wall in his office and none of us ever heard his name mentioned.
From research, the below explains why Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA is wearing the crown and holding the jewels.
"The Crown of Charlemagne"
Posted on June 14, 2014 by Liam H. Dooley
"The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire:" After World War II, the Nazis hid the crown from the Allies, and for several weeks a U.S. Army investigative team drove around Germany searching for it. This story is told in the book "Hitler's Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire."
Today, the original crown of Charlemagne can be seen in the Treasury of the Hofburg Museum-Palace in Vienna, Austria.
Arion Larsen:
"In my dad's writing": Danish adventurer Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA. Pictured in Germany during WWII where Jorgen was a photographer for the U.S. Army and thus by joining became a U.S. citizen. Born in Copenhagen in 1906.
Dad was Bjarne Larsen. He was born in Copenhagen on 11/24/1934 and saw WWII firsthand. He helped pass out the resistance newspaper. I think his uncle helped smuggle Jews to Sweden.
None of us know the story behind the photo except that it was on the wall in his office and none of us ever heard his name mentioned.
From research, the below explains why Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA is wearing the crown and holding the jewels.
"The Crown of Charlemagne"
Posted on June 14, 2014 by Liam H. Dooley
"The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire:" After World War II, the Nazis hid the crown from the Allies, and for several weeks a U.S. Army investigative team drove around Germany searching for it. This story is told in the book "Hitler's Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire."
Today, the original crown of Charlemagne can be seen in the Treasury of the Hofburg Museum-Palace in Vienna, Austria.
Back of photo - Jorgen Junker Jensen of Larkspur, CA
Mini Katana
Carol Lee Minor, father of Martin Minor of Grass Valley, CA, got this sword on Lejima in 1946. Lejima (aka Leshima) is an island lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. Post WW II, Lejima was used by the U.S. Army as a prison island and was staffed by the Army Corps of Engineer, and Sergeant Carl Minor was in command of one of the reconstruction crews. It is not known if this mini katana was purchased or was a fit gift from one of the prisoners detailed to the construction crew Carl oversaw. Son, Martin, recalls his father saying it was a gift made by one of the Japanese prisoners.
Mini Katana
A Civil War period Boot Pistol by "Allen & Wheelock"
.36 caliber single shot percussion pistol
A Civil War period Boot Pistol by "Allen & Wheelock"
.36 caliber single shot percussion pistol
A Civil War period Boot Pistol by "Allen & Wheelock"
.36 caliber single shot percussion pistol
Bill Williamson & Bob Benson athe Western States Show in the San Fernando Community Hall
Source: "The Gun Report" - February 1965
September 2019 Meeting
Lee Draughon with a British Brown Bess Flintlock Musket .75 caliber, 18th Century Flintlock Long Rifle .50 caliber and an early 19th Century American Long Rifle Flintlock .45 caliber.
Wampum Belt of the Iroquois
"Forsyth & Co." Double Gun Parts
"Forsyth" Flintlock Pistol & Unknown 4 Barrel Double Top-Hammer Pepperbox
1805 "Harpers Ferry" Pistol
Historical Blade & Arms July 2019 Show
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