Please help with the Chief Bender Death card

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Originally Posted by t206blogcom

Historically, swastikas were drawn in both left facing and right facing designs. It's been used in religion, specifically Indian relgions such as Hinduism, for thousands of years. The symbol means 'to be good', but was sometimes viewed as 'good luck'. There are plenty of archaeological examples of the swastika pointing in both directions, many times in the same piece of artwork, such as a tiled floor. When the Nazi party adopted the symbol around 1920, they used a right facing swastika and for most in the Western world, the meaning and symbolism changed to hatred and disgust.

You are absolutely correct on the history of the swastika, but as of 1954, its association with Nazi Germany was still so strong that it would have never been used in a piece of formal correspondence for a government agency.

In addition to the huge issue of the fonts, I also don't like, as best as I can tell, the halftone photo. I would expect it to have a wider dot pattern for that period. I think the conclusion that it is a fantasy piece and not of the period is correct.