I’ve seen a lot of pumps at oil and gas sites in west Texas with swastikas cast into the pump housing. Turns out, Germans made good quality machines even when they were fascists and they sold a lot of them before they started with the war crimes.
Let’s not forget the swastika has thousands of years of “good fortune” and happy use before that small mustached, douchebag decided to use it for a few years. 🤷
bonerwakeup on
See it on a lot of old stuff in industry. It was more a mark of quality, pre-war.
NewtonMaxwellPlanck on
Crane Valve Co valve. Founded in 1855 and marked their products with this symbol many decades before it became the symbol of what we know it as today. They stopped using it post 1935.
Likely made in India, it is a common symbol there that predates use by the Nazis
Phnxrisen781 on
The Nazi swastika is turned at a 45 degree angle. This one is not the same. Like previous commenters started, this one is for “good fortune’.
LodgedSpade on
The bad version of this is tilted; flat version are a Hindu holy symbol iirc
Degora2k on
It’s a Ges-TAP-o.
DoscoJones on
Upvoted for edumacational importance.
Oilpaintcha on
Wir machen die superior valve!
OddCucumber6755 on
Its a bigot spigot
Lkings1821 on
I mean if it was made prior to 1940s it was a symbol used for good luck, though if it wasn’t, I’d have to question the history of how the hell it even got out of Germany, but hey it’s definitely interesting
livinalieontimna on
Reichy tighty – lefty loosey
wa27 on
Man people on reddit love to point out that the swastika existed before Nazis.
Triton1605 on
It’s going to be a maze
Talinthis on
Germany stole the swastika, it generally has an entirely different meaning and is demonized in todays world
GMAN7007 on
I think the rule is if it’s completely horizontal it’s fine, technically I wouldn’t get a tattoo of it or anything. If it’s at an angle it’s Nazi bullshit.
Wizdad-1000 on
Also ruined a cool lil moustache. Charlie Chaplin wore it better you giant asshat of all time!
I think it might be part of the casting process. that design, when extruded, is very strong and you can find the same “symbol” in some handheld devices, controllers etc., that use extruded plastic parts used to activate buttons. these 2 things may not be connected but it’s what popped to mind when I see this symbol randomly on things that were cast. Edited to add link to example image. The plastic parts on the right hand side of the image, gray ones and more specifically the clear ones use this shape for its strength. [https://imgur.com/a/ecwUm5W](https://imgur.com/a/ecwUm5W)
abu_hajarr on
Things in pretty good shape for the age
Dendritic_Bosque on
My buddy works in medical gas, and a lot of cylinders have… Double eagle window frames on them nowadays.
goirish620 on
clearly you have to move now
Adventurous-Sky9359 on
Ahh nice gas fitting
Softrawkrenegade on
Now maga like this symbol
seremuyo on
To close that you need to turn it to the ultra right.
Direct-Inflation8041 on
Its instructions telling you what way to turn it
Tricky-Meringue25 on
Wow that is neat! I would get it appraised by an expert. It might actually be worth something.
pjokinen on
If you’re ever looking at a compressed gas cylinder you’ll see inspection dated punched into the side of it. Because they’re so robust they last for decades and decades. Some in use today have a mark on them that looks like a window or a square with a cross in it
Those cylinders were made in Nazi Germany and that square was stamped over the swastikas after wwii
negativepositiv on
To be fair, lots of companies, organizations and other groups used swastikas just because people thought they were neat, before racists permanently ruined its meaning to the general public.
Kind of like the American flag.
rsvpism1 on
Apparently the beams at 30 Rock had swastikas on them until pretty recently when they were gound off.
SoggyNegotiation7412 on
Not an old Nazi swastika, it is the Asian version that means good luck. The Nazi version is always at 45 degrees to parallel. This is why fake hate crimes are so easy to spot, they always put the swastika’s flat instead of at an angle. People should start learning the difference rather than expressing their cultural ignorance.
Kukukichu on
Put it back on and close the faucet. You’re leaking fascism and it’s destroying us.
hibikikun on
Sounds like you gotta punch your boiler.
brejackal99 on
Good time to remember the Nazi symbol is a Hakenkruez=pointing up,always at an angle.
Chinesemario on
Is it a gas valve?
Miserable-Cow4555 on
The swastika is a 6,000 to 12,000-year-old symbol originating in Eurasia, traditionally representing good fortune, well-being, and divinity in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Derived from Sanskrit for “well-being”, it was used globally until the 1930s, when the German Nazi Party appropriated it as a symbol of Aryan supremacy, permanently altering its connotation in the West.
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Are you… in Europe?
Boiler, you say….
Uh oh…
Edit, looks like [this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/HVAC/comments/yvz48d/swastika_on_bryant_boiler/)
Did nazi that coming! Unique valve!
Is it from Asia? It could be a manji.
I’ve seen a lot of pumps at oil and gas sites in west Texas with swastikas cast into the pump housing. Turns out, Germans made good quality machines even when they were fascists and they sold a lot of them before they started with the war crimes.
It’s a nazil.
Must be the gas valve…
/s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
Let’s not forget the swastika has thousands of years of “good fortune” and happy use before that small mustached, douchebag decided to use it for a few years. 🤷
See it on a lot of old stuff in industry. It was more a mark of quality, pre-war.
Crane Valve Co valve. Founded in 1855 and marked their products with this symbol many decades before it became the symbol of what we know it as today. They stopped using it post 1935.
So the Swastika actually has a [huge history](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-swastika-an-ancient-symbol-of-good-fortune-used-around-the-world-became-the-nazi-logo-180962812/) prior to WW2. It’s quite possible this was made before hand and has been in use since. You can find them on a ton of old buildings in older cities, even throughout the United States.
Likely made in India, it is a common symbol there that predates use by the Nazis
The Nazi swastika is turned at a 45 degree angle. This one is not the same. Like previous commenters started, this one is for “good fortune’.
The bad version of this is tilted; flat version are a Hindu holy symbol iirc
It’s a Ges-TAP-o.
Upvoted for edumacational importance.
Wir machen die superior valve!
Its a bigot spigot
I mean if it was made prior to 1940s it was a symbol used for good luck, though if it wasn’t, I’d have to question the history of how the hell it even got out of Germany, but hey it’s definitely interesting
Reichy tighty – lefty loosey
Man people on reddit love to point out that the swastika existed before Nazis.
It’s going to be a maze
Germany stole the swastika, it generally has an entirely different meaning and is demonized in todays world
I think the rule is if it’s completely horizontal it’s fine, technically I wouldn’t get a tattoo of it or anything. If it’s at an angle it’s Nazi bullshit.
Also ruined a cool lil moustache. Charlie Chaplin wore it better you giant asshat of all time!
Ireland had the Swastika Laundry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_Laundry
I think it might be part of the casting process. that design, when extruded, is very strong and you can find the same “symbol” in some handheld devices, controllers etc., that use extruded plastic parts used to activate buttons. these 2 things may not be connected but it’s what popped to mind when I see this symbol randomly on things that were cast. Edited to add link to example image. The plastic parts on the right hand side of the image, gray ones and more specifically the clear ones use this shape for its strength. [https://imgur.com/a/ecwUm5W](https://imgur.com/a/ecwUm5W)
Things in pretty good shape for the age
My buddy works in medical gas, and a lot of cylinders have… Double eagle window frames on them nowadays.
clearly you have to move now
Ahh nice gas fitting
Now maga like this symbol
To close that you need to turn it to the ultra right.
Its instructions telling you what way to turn it
Wow that is neat! I would get it appraised by an expert. It might actually be worth something.
If you’re ever looking at a compressed gas cylinder you’ll see inspection dated punched into the side of it. Because they’re so robust they last for decades and decades. Some in use today have a mark on them that looks like a window or a square with a cross in it
Those cylinders were made in Nazi Germany and that square was stamped over the swastikas after wwii
To be fair, lots of companies, organizations and other groups used swastikas just because people thought they were neat, before racists permanently ruined its meaning to the general public.
Kind of like the American flag.
Apparently the beams at 30 Rock had swastikas on them until pretty recently when they were gound off.
Not an old Nazi swastika, it is the Asian version that means good luck. The Nazi version is always at 45 degrees to parallel. This is why fake hate crimes are so easy to spot, they always put the swastika’s flat instead of at an angle. People should start learning the difference rather than expressing their cultural ignorance.
Put it back on and close the faucet. You’re leaking fascism and it’s destroying us.
Sounds like you gotta punch your boiler.
Good time to remember the Nazi symbol is a Hakenkruez=pointing up,always at an angle.
Is it a gas valve?
The swastika is a 6,000 to 12,000-year-old symbol originating in Eurasia, traditionally representing good fortune, well-being, and divinity in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Derived from Sanskrit for “well-being”, it was used globally until the 1930s, when the German Nazi Party appropriated it as a symbol of Aryan supremacy, permanently altering its connotation in the West.