Nazi Germany or Native American symbol countermark?

^^^^^^ All we need is a Thunderbird. ^^^^^^

 

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Unfortunately, now a joke that will make you lose your job.

 

Yes, You are Correct, Sir........depending on who hears it.

Yeah, I was thinking of those old school jokes that start with " A ______ , a ______, and a _______ were sitting in a bar......."

You've heard 'em, and you know, I can't even remember the punchlines of any of them.

 

no, that is debatable, this one isn't

 

Just thought I would throw this on here. It is on the veranda railing at the West Baden Springs Hotel that was built in 1915.

 

The Swastika is so well known and, after the debasement Hitler and the Nazis did to it, so hated, that the hotel obviously felt the need to either change the railing or put up that sign. I'm glad they went with the sign.

We can't let people like Hitler and the Nazis force us to change our lives, Then or Now.

 

Since the picture was taken they have covered up the symbols.

 

Really? What year was the Swastika invented, and what year was the Sauwastika invented? I can't find that information in my Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Sad what ignorance makes you make signs for. Those aren't swastikas, they're sauwastikas.

 

WWHHHAAAATTTTTT ??????????

How unnecessary and wrong is that !!

 

Those signs were most likely made for people who know about and remember WW II , Adolph Hitler, the Nazis, and the Holocaust, but know little or nothing about Sauwastikas, the Buddhists, the Nepalese, or the Native Americans.

 

Don't worry about it.

 

I heard a program on the radio about the whole sauwastika issue, and there are students of East Indian descent who are wearing T-shirts with green sauwastikas on them. They decided to educate people, rather than cower to the ignorance of political correctness. The professor who taught a class on it has their backs.

 

Ditto ad infinitum

 

Fylfot


Notional arms—Argent a fylfot azure (a blue fylfot on a white shield)—exemplifying the design of the fylfot commonly shown in modern heraldry texts.

Fylfot

Gammadion



Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylfot

 

^^^^^Subtle differences in design make large differences in meaning.^^^^^

 

Resurrecting this thread I started as someone posted this on a WW2 facebook group where I shared the coin image. Found it interesting theory wise.

 

Since the OPs coin was a 1939, your theory is very, very possible.

Servicemen and women did mark many, many things with their unit insignias.

Thanks for bringing that forward.

 

Here is another interesting thing posted re the 45th and their symbols. Interesting to note the square swastika instead of the diamond angle having different meanings. I’m learning a lot here

 

I was also just informed that in Native American culture the arrows pointing to the right are a sign on protection. I have an email out the director of the 45th division museum. She is looking into it