[wjkuleck]

...mystery Garand.

Sorry for the quality. Perhaps someday someone will be able to get a better picture.

Anyone know what the markings mean?

Regards,

Walt

 

[leemozoid]

Note that the swastika is oriented counterclockwise. That is typical of Scandanavian usage (and even American Eskimo!). The Nazi one generally pointed clockwise. I bet that one's been to Northern Europe or Northern Asia.

 

[icormba]

ok, looks like I'm a couple years late on this thread! :lol:

if you hadn't figured it out yet...

the swastika is a Hindu symbol meaning good luck, it's also a symbol a saint in India. Actually, it's a very old symbol used all over Asia to generally mean good fortune and spiritual victory.

A friend of mine just got back from Thailand with pictures... I noticed the symbol all over the place in the pics, he said it's all over Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia & such.

It was the Nazi's who flipped it around & look where it got them.

Chris
http://www.m1garand.net/

 

[icormba]

Doh' make that many months... almost a year.