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In article <CRUSADER.92Oct16125011@eero.it.lut.fi> crusader@lut.fi (Mikko Hy|kki) writes:
>In article <1992Oct15.223426.4173@daimi.aau.dk> lhp@daimi.aau.dk (Lasse Hiller|e Petersen) writes:
>
>   Finland and swastikas -- this reminds me: didn't Finland use swastikas
>   (dark blue, on a white circular background) as national insignia until after
>   WW II?
>
>Yup.
>
>   I remember, many years ago, when I was puzzled to see an American airplane
>   (A Curtiss?) with swastikas, in a catalog.
>
>   I guess Finland stopped using this because of the nazis?
>   How did the swastika come into use in Finland as a national symbol?
>
>It was the symbol of Count XXXX ( swedish ), who gave the Finnish AF their
>first airplane.

   I remember seeing models on display at India Hobby Centre in Marine Lines,
Bombay which had swastik' decals on the fuselage and tail. Didnt really bother
anyone, as I recall. 
   I'm kinda curious, how did an ancient Hindu religious symbol for prosperity
get adopted by the Finnish AF and the WWII Lufwaffe ? 


Arvind Nath Puri 

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