Swastika and Boyscouts

[flakefinder]

Went on a water hunt and found a few things, a nice Pendant and a Token or something. It's has a swastika on one side and horse on the other, it says July 1910 and Good Luck but why would it have a swastika ?

 

[baylorhall]

I believe they used that symbol way before the Germans did.

 

[Westfront]

The swastika was a good luck symbol for a long time, starting in India first. Sad how it changed the meaning....

 

[SneadsFerryMD]

pre ww2 swastikas were a good luck symbol

 

[JohnnyMac]

Found a similar token a month ago...pretty neat find
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[flakefinder]

Thanks everyone for the info, I knew it was pre world war II and figured it might have meant something different then post ww II, Good Hunting Everyone...

 

[Giant056]

Very cool token I have never seen a silver one posted but they did make them, I research them a while back, I'd love to find a silver one

 

[gunner45]

Sometimes these were used to hand out to people to promote a business like we use business cards. I found one made in the 1920's that had the guys name on it. I did some research and found he had 3 businesses. My how times have changed.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool finds. kinda funny how many times I've seen the topic of the swastika brought up on forums because of someone digging one of these tokens.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks everyone for the info, I knew it was pre world war II and figured it might have meant something different then post ww II, Good Hunting Everyone...

Swastika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[RiverRat3]

Good hunt. A water hunt would feel good right now. In Maryland it has been hitting in the mud 90's.

 

[Mackaydon]

This was a sales gimmick giveaway by the Excelsior Shoe Company of Portsmouth, Ohio...they gave one out to each customer who bought a pair of the Official Boy Scout Shoe. The date of 1910 is the date the Boy Scouts was founded.

Yours appears to be Version 4 of which there were 9 types:
The Excelsior MEDAL Shoe for Boys, July 1910
Don.....

 

[oldsalty19]

Swastika was a good luck symbol for thousands of years