Well thanks all for the insight into the swastika on the thumb valve cover of
my
horn. I don't think it will ever be a problem going through customs as the
symbol is so carefully disguised that you would have a very difficult time
seeing it. In fact when I was first told that if my horn was indeed a
pre-world
war two instrument, there would be a swastika hidden somewhere on the
instrument. I looked for almost two months before I finally found it, and even
though I sort of have it outlined, others that look for it have a very hard
time
seeing it.
Also, it is shaped a little different from the traditional swastika in that
their is a little curl at then ends of the lines. The craftsman that did the
scroll work on the valve cover made the lines of the symbol a part of the
pedals
of the flower. And the craftsman that did the scroll work did beautiful work.
I will try and make a photo of the cover and post it on face book so those of
you that are interested can see.
I don't really have any interest in the swastika except that I have been told
by
several that it dates my horn to pre-world war two. I do know that I have
owned
the horn for forty plus years and the gentleman that I bought it from had owned
the horn for more than forty plus years. And a good friend of mine that played
in the Carborundum band when he was in high school with this gentleman had
another one of the horns.
Milton
Milton Kicklighter
4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic
Retired
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