Swastics Birth?

[Antti V]

some finnish air company used it too even after the war, but i can't remmeber their name right now

Are you sure you are not speaking about Finnish Air Forces, which uses swastika on its flags even today? I have not heard that any Finnish airline company ever used swastika. This is interesting if it is true.

[Starinov]

Polish Montain troops used the svastika as a badge prior to WWII.

[col. klink]

The US 45th Infantry Division had the American Indian (reverse of the Nazi) swastika as their shoulder patch insigna until shortly before the start of the war. The 45th was made up of National Guard troops from the southwestern states hence the Native American symbol. They switched to the Thunderbird symbol and thus got there nickname the thunderbird division. I'll bet that switching from the swastika might have prevented a few accidents that could have occurred in combat situatuions.

[Dan]

Here is an Amerindian Swastika

[Dan]

Here is a picture of Samnite Wariors. They were a people who defeated Rome early in it's history. I posted it in another section of this site when practising the Image function.

[White Leopard]

In the last part of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th there was a sort of fad for the swastika. It appeared in the design of jewlery pieces, ceramics, post cards, and was used by several companies either as a promotional item (tokens, advertising devices, etc.) or a trademark. The fact that it was a popular and "trendy" item and was used for many different items probably contributed to it being used by various nationalist groups and finally co-opted by the Nazi party.

[HJ Division Grenadier]

The swastica in its reverse form is an ancient hindu symbol.
One can be seen in a temple in Southampton, England. (where I live)
There is also a furniture shop that has a wardrobe/cupboard with extremely ornate carvings on it which feature these symbols.

It was said by the ancients that whoever reversed the symbol would bring great disaster upon themselves. How true!

[El Dorado]

HJ, You are in Southampton, england?, So am I!!!!, where abouts in southampton you live, I live near the hythe, diben perliu area, next to the new forest!

[HJ Division Grenadier]

Yep, Bitterne area of Southampton.
Small world eh?

[Schwalbe]

I always thoght the swastika origined from the ancient Egypts?