Honey bean
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 01:18:46 PM
Okay, l have this silver and copper valve with a porcelain handle. It has a
Honey bean
swastika on each side. It has an open end where a hose or some liquid or
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gas may have passed through. The tip is where the liquid or chemical is
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released. The cap (shown in pictures) is made of copper when removed it
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reveals a strange point with openings. It still works as l closed the
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valve and had blown through it nothing happened. l opened it and the air
flown through without a problem. My dad had this piece for a long time. l
now own it and would love to know what its purpose was.**Serious inquiries
only!**Here is the link to the
images.http://s488.photobucket.com/albums/rr244/Lisa62801/Swastika%20Valve//>l forgot to mention that the sprayer tip does adjust. Like a spray
bottle, it adjust to spray a stream or mist...
Wow, thank you. l
tried googling information on the swastika but could not find anything
about it.
Browneyes
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 05:36:16 PM
It looks like a spigot once used in a laboratory or something.
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The swastika shown is an old good luck symbol derived from American Indian
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symbolism. The design is common. It was woven into blankets & even showed
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up on Boy Scout tokens during the 1930's. I've even seen it done on a tile
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floor in the lobby of an old building in Buffalo, NY.
Hitler is Nazis took the swastika & rotated it so it looks like it is
running or standing up on one point. Since that time, even the native
American straight-up swastika is confused with the Nazi one.