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To: Bryanw92
Italian Fascist symbol:

Fascist symbol on reverse of Mercury Dime:

For historical context (and possible photoshopping).

81 posted on 09/05/2016 9:05:26 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PLMerite

>>Fascist symbol on reverse of Mercury Dime:

Back in the 20s and 30s, the US government and intelligentsia were enamored with the Progressive forward-thinking of people like Franco, Mussolini, and Hitler. They had found the “new way” to a bright future.


120 posted on 09/05/2016 10:16:35 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: PLMerite
The tied bundle of sticks with the blade of an axe visible is called a fasces, and symbolized the power and jurisdiction of a magistrate. As a symbol, it it still used today.

Note the fasces on the front of the armrest in Lincoln's monument:


126 posted on 09/05/2016 10:33:45 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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