Very interesting. Two famous but now deceased Americans --their lives have always fascinated me- George Smith Patton Jr., and Ernest Hemingway. I wonder if the DHE 20 bore might have been with Gen. Patton when he took that fatal ride to go pheasant hunting in occupied Germany with Gen. Gay-- Dec 1945. I believe I read that he also owned and shot a CHE .410 bore, among several other fine shotguns.
I don't believe Hemingway owned or shot any Parker guns, but his friend and hunting pal, Gary Cooper did. One of our daughters gave me for Xmas the book: Ernest Hemingway & Gary Cooper- by Larry E. Morris- and on page 33, the photo of "Coops" shows him holding his Parker 12 bore- the skeleton BP, and the B'tail forearm have me convinced it was a Parker gun, even though his closed hands cover the "give-away" recessed bolt.. RWTF
