Finland's air force quietly drops swastika symbol
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While we are discussing hand gestures, I should mention that early on in my time in Vietnam, I learned that the "crossed-fingers" gesture is extremely offensive:
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Finnish emblem with crown
First of all, the swastika in the old emblem was actually the cross of Swedish count Eric von Rosen. This was due to the fact that count von Rosen donated the Finnish air force its first aircraft (Thulin Typ D) on 6th March 1918. The count had his own lucky charm painted on the wings of the airplane to provide luck for the newly formed air force of independent Finland. The cross was hence adopted for the Finnish air force. The colors were blue cross on white bottom, the blue coming from von Rosen and white was just by chance: it was the color of the paint used to cover up the "T" for Thulin, painted at the factory. The logo was abandoned of aircraft in April 1945 to make it easier to make difference in between Finnish and german planes (war of Lapland, in which the Finnish were obliged to push german forces out of finnish soil), but it remained in the general emblem for the air force.
What comes to the new general emblem of the air force, the form on the top isn't actually a crown, but a partly opening heraldic rose.
