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darkdex52 β Contest Entry: Poster 3.
Published: 2009-11-01 14:27:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 15970; Favourites: 424; Downloads: 202
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This is the final poster for the competition. It represents first 3 airplanes of Latvian Army. Those are Sopwith 1Β½ Strutter bought from France. At the bottom you can see panorama from 1920. Riga.Don't be fooled by the swastika. Swastika has been used by Latvians for thousands of years and it represents good fortune. Latvian army used them during the war of independence, and remember that it was in 1920s. Hitler began to use swastika only after 1940. Before that, swastika had no connection to Germany whatsoever.
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I made this poster as an addition to a paper I did on History of Latvian armor in World War 1 and yes, Latvian Republic did indeed use red-on-white swastikas (only on) airplanes. They were called "Ugunskrusts" and were in use from 1918-1940s. Here you can see one of sources validating this: www.insigniamag.com/afs005.htm⦠and www.latvianaviation.com/
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The same goes for the Finnish air force. The first airplane that Finland's air force received was from a Swedish flight club, and the previous owner who sold it to Finland painted a light blue swastika on it to bring good fortune. The light blue swastika then became a sign for the Finnish air force.
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Seeing how Baltic and Scandinavian folklore, traditions and culture has mixed a lot over the history, it doesn't surprise me at all.
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This is a very beautiful piece and a very interesting note on WWI history.Β
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I love it! The colors go together so seamlessly! Finally somebody doesn't think about Germany when they see the swastika. It's also been used in Japan, it was their version of the four-leafed clover.
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J'aime beaucoup cette affiche, l'effet froissΓ©, et la couleur sΓ©pia ! un super boulot !! ^^
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Lol Hitler was leader of Germany in 1929 this is dated 1919 xD
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Dont u know i think Bismarck was leader before Hitler i only know that because i study WW1/WW2 history along with nazi's Germans etc because well I'm just fascinated with german Tech and how they do things! All i know is that Hitler was leader late 1920's...
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I think you might've misinterpreted my comment, but that's pretty interesting 
And yea, German tech during the early 1900's was fascinating
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Im not completely sure who was leader at the time but i just did US history from 1914 to 1919 yeah all the way through WWI...
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I love the compesionen in this one... Love the planes even if one get that " GERMAN " feeling. Nice one!
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This might help you. Also I was suprised that Latvia used the ROLLING SWASTIKA(a Swastika stood on it's corner) rather than the traditional Swastika used by Finland(Laying flat on it's bottom side).
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I'd consider this as a beautiful version of propaganda.
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Nice poster! Yes, the symbol has been used worldwide by many cultures. The 45th US Infantry Division also used this symbol celebrating the Native Americans who used it.
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It was about the same time (1920), that Hitler used the swatiska as a symbol for his party.
But you are right that there was no connection to Latvia. Hitler learned about the swatiska as a "germanic" symbol from the books of Guido von List, and Austrian esotheric and self-proclaimed specialist on old germanic society.
The swatiska is in fact much older and can be found as a religious symbol in many societies (e.g. in Japan, it's a symbol for buddist temples on maps)
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hmm, was going to comment great poster but I don't think there were swastikas before 40's but then i read the description, learn something new every day.
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Latvian folk clothes (and 18-19 age) are the most common swastika. This is a frequent, it is only in the Himalayas, and it's not everywhere. This is the archetypal symbol, known-often in a different form, but clearly recognizable - all world.When talk about folk art and historical artifacts-swastika enough a frequent across Europe, with Germans (including Scandinavia) and with the Slavs .. both with balts-Latvians and Lithuanians. Sometimes it elsewhere, just not to mention it here.
Paldies ; AΔiΕ«.
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.... Great picture! ....
Regarding the Swastika ... take a look! .... [link]
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Brewer Carl Jacobsen's (Carlsberg beer) Jesus Church in Copenhagen build in 1895!
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The bombers were the worst. Death came unexpected, and no chance to defend themselves..
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If you're talking about the communist red star, then no, Latvia has no laws that forbid it, and the Russians here use every chance to throw communistic symbols in our faces to remind us of the terrible regime.
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Terrible it was. As in all Europe. Since you know the history, read on working camps in Baltic countryes and don't blame it all on Russians only. Besides all, tis were Russians, who allow you to live in cityes, Germans and Polish didn' take you for humans.
Oh, don't take me wrong, I am not protecting anyone! Everyone has it's dark but bright too sides, no? And the poster is trully beautifull indeed. And maybe you'll find it somewhat new, but here, in US we used swastica on Christmas card up till mid or even the end of 30's
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Well, actually, Latvia has been occupied by both the Nazi's and Soviets, and they pretty much treated us the same. It didn't matter who was in power. But statistically, Soviets killed more Latvians than the Nazi's. And "work camps"/concentration camps in Baltic countries weren't made by Baltic people. They were made by both, the Communists and the Nazi's.
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Interesting fact about the swastika. I learn something new every day.
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i love old warplane images. I knew the swastika is an ancient symbol but didn't know it was used on aircraft before 1940's. Good poster and information.
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Superb work!
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Not bad, I like old looking war-posters like this. You are succesfully get spirit of old war folm to this, and I think this would be usefull, if you someday tried to make war film
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REally nice, I appreciate aviation and is cool see pics of old combat aircraft like those ones.
And yes, swastica was used in other places, like Finnland, the finnish air force used the swastica as symbol too, before the nazism and all that jazz.
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The swastika was adopted as a symbol of the Nazi party in 1920, well before they came into power. The swastika is an ancient symbol found in a variety of cultures including native American and Indian (Asia), unfortunately forever associated with Nazis.
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I love it, how creative. Love the wrinkled paper in the background.
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the whites are too solid, they clash with the rest, but besides that this is pretty well done!
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i've always felt this was at least you're boldest work...the whole series is admirable though! great job!
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LOL xD First thing I thought was: find the fail! xD Swastikas in 1919? Bad research.
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funny subtitle or signiture lol =3
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Not correct, sorry. The swastika had been used by the Germans BEFORE the 1940s. First by some of the Freikorps (as you can see in some dokus) in the 1920s, and the guy with the silly moustache and his cronies used it before he came to power. The Sturmabteilung (SA) of the Nazis wore the symbol even before 1933. This you can look up in every history book and doku about the time.
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