🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Found this brass valve with swastika stamp and an R on the other side. Does anyone know why it has a R on the opposite side? No other markings.

[CanadianCollector]

 

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[AlabamaRelic]

Is this ww2 German Valve or Crane Steel valve?

I just bought this and the guy said it was a rare 3rd Reich German bronze gas valve from Auschwitz. 100% authentic and told me the the A on the back meant it was from Auschwitz. It wasn't until after I Purchased it that I then did my research and found many forums saying these are an old Crane...

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[bartholomewroberts]

Also, the Swastika is backwards..

 

[ToddsPoint]

There was a thread about those valves a while back. If I remember right, they were made by an American company in the 20s before the Nazis.

 

[pepperj]

The swastika symbol is common in esoteric tantric traditions of Buddhism, along with Hinduism, where it is found with chakra theories and other meditative aids. The clockwise symbol is more common, and contrasts with the counterclockwise version common in the Tibetan Bon tradition and locally called yungdrung.

USA: The Buffum Tool Company - Pro-Swastika

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In India the swastika continues to be the most widely used auspicious symbol of Hindus, Jainas, and Buddhists. Among the Jainas it is the emblem of their seventh Tirthankara (saint) and is also said to remind the worshiper by its four arms of the four possible places of rebirth—in the animal or plant world, in hell, on Earth, or in the spirit world.

In Scandinavia the left-hand swastika was the sign for the god Thor’s hammer.

Swastika | Description & Images

Swastika, equilateral cross with arms bent at right angles, all in the same rotary direction, usually clockwise.

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[CanadianCollector]

Also, the Swastika is backwards..

I just realized that! Thanks. I'm trying to find out what company manufactured them with a reverse symbol and what the letter R means on the other side. Crane used the original symbol, and I believe not the one I have.

 

[Retired Sarge]

There was a thread about those valves a while back. If I remember right, they were made by an American company in the 20s before the Nazis.

Here's a link to an older post in them, and on page 3 at the bottom there are two links to older posts.

✅ SOLVED - WW2 German Item with Swastika

Does anybody know what this is? I didn't dig it but this is the best place I could think of to find out what it is. I was told it went to a WW2 German Panzer tank and tightened the track on the tank but don't know if that's right can anybody ID this?

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[pickaway]

Nice find, that symbol was used by prehistoric cultures also, Hopewell and some cultures out west used it, there used to be road signs out west at parks with that symbol on it still see one pop up on ebay now and then, I think Adoplh took from the Egyptians...

 

[pepperj]

Nice find, that symbol was used by prehistoric cultures also, Hopewell and some cultures out west used it, there used to be road signs out west at parks with that symbol on it still see one pop up on ebay now and then, I think Adoplh took from the Egyptians...

It was predominantly in various Eurasian areas and a few in Africa.
Dates back 12,000 thousand years ago.
It was also used in ancient Greece and Rome, and can be found in the remains of the ancient city of Troy, which existed 4,000 years ago.