29 year old Pfc. Ivan Babcock of the US Army’s 165th Signal Photo Company poses with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegan, Germany, 3 April 1945.
The cave was used by the Germans as a storage room for valuable works of art, the cave was captured by troops of the 1st US Army. The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire was the coronation crown of the Holy Roman Emperor, probably from the late 10th century until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. An identical copy was made in 1915 by order of Wilhelm II for display in Aachen and is the crown being worn in this photo. The real one spent the war in a bomb-proof bunker under Nuremberg imperial castle.
Babcock survived the war and died in 1994 at the age of 77, he’s buried in South Victory Cemetery, Ludington, Mason County, Michigan, USA. Photographer: T/5 E. Braum and was provided by The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Oh ho I get it . . . You’re the biggest man in the world, a-and you’re covered in gold!
29 yo pfc??
Incredible photo. That’s undoubtedly the ugliest crown I’ve ever seen.
Project 2025?
What?
Tony hawk pro skater remake… project 2025… This is clearly an ad for the the swag you can unlock. /S
I know what you’re referring to, but I’m not sure how it relates to the post. Is the implication that Trump will be wearing a crown like that as king if project 2025 is enacted?
Apparently I was ootl… Nvm
Ahh, it just hit me you thought he genuinely looked like Tony Hawk (which now that I think about it, he does!), and were referring to that Project 2025 meme poster that used Tony Hawk that someone posted a few weeks ago without knowing the context behind it.
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