When H.M.S. Orion recently visited , Memel, Lithuania, Nazi agitators in the town were greatly excited on dis- | covering that the anchors of the warship were decorated with swastikas, the sacred emblem of The only conclusion that the agitators could draw was that Britain was moving toward the Nazi creed. But a Sunderland firm gave a simpler explanation. The swastika emblem has been the trade mark of the firm which made the anchors long before Hitler was ever heard of. The reason for its adoption, it was explained by a member of the firm to an interviewer, is its antiquity, and its suitable meaning, "well-being," when applied to an anchor. The anchors of the Orion with the swastikas was made 20 years ago.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21284, 2 October 1934, Page 5
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