ext_224795 ([identity profile] spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2012-12-20 06:20 pm
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[identity profile] jasonbeast.livejournal.com 2012-12-21 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, they're a good luck symbol in several cultures. This ad was pre-Nazi.

[identity profile] franklanguage.livejournal.com 2012-12-21 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
That's right; Native American swastika jewelry is very desirable, because the only surviving pieces are pre-1933 ones that managed to escape being destroyed by zealots.

Post-1933, of course, the swastika was replaced with the cross.
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