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    Happy Easter!

    Its Easter weekend so Happy Easter people! Some Easter bunnies for you (OK they are hares really )
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    Last edited by Steve T; 04-20-2011, 01:00 PM.

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      Der Hasen und der Löffel drei - und doch hat jeder seine zwei!

      Great add, Steve!

      Within my three years of apprenticeship I have seen and studied these guys more than once - a famous allegory of Paderborn.

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        And that´s how it looks like in reality (copyright Zefram - Wikipedia):

        Made of the regionally typical Wesersandstein, means freestone from the area of the river Weser - the Americans call that type brownstone.

        Definitely a pre-christian symbol - here in use at a deeply catholic building and place, the Dom zu Paderborn.

        Nevertheless - this place has it´s roots deep in pre-christian pagan time as well!

        It is the spring of the river Pader - the shortest river in Germany and was a holy place for the Saxons before christianization via Carolus Magnus (Karl der Grosse, Charlemagne) and is the historical heart of this westphalian city.

        Born = source (a very old pre-christian germanic term, that´s the reason for the term Lebensborn)

        Pader = the river

        = Paderborn!
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          Due to it being Easter and Spring, I thought that I would re-post this little display.
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            And I almost forgot the bunny!
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              Originally posted by Thorsten B. View Post
              And that´s how it looks like in reality (copyright Zefram - Wikipedia):

              Made of the regionally typical Wesersandstein, means freestone from the area of the river Weser - the Americans call that type brownstone.

              Definitely a pre-christian symbol - here in use at a deeply catholic building and place, the Dom zu Paderborn.

              Nevertheless - this place has it´s roots deep in pre-christian pagan time as well!

              It is the spring of the river Pader - the shortest river in Germany and was a holy place for the Saxons before christianization via Carolus Magnus (Karl der Grosse, Charlemagne) and is the historical heart of this westphalian city.

              Born = source (a very old pre-christian germanic term, that´s the reason for the term Lebensborn)

              Pader = the river

              = Paderborn!
              Interesting

              Symbols like the three hares above look like a form of triskele, and similar to the triple helix ( triple never ending spiral) carved in stone in neolithic Britain and Ireland, and even today a triskele form is on the flag of Britain's Isle of Man. Its reminded me of some good TV programs recently about ancient Britain, fascinating stories of how Britain came to be, right back to the pre-history period when we came up to this land as hunters from mainland Europe before we were an island. Very interesting, it touches on belief systems, the spiritual meaning of some of the strange monuments, stone circles and show a few symbols seen on neothlithic stone carving, some similar in a few the TR items we collect.

              It maybe more interesting to me of course being British but if you have some spare time its worth a watch if you are into history http://www.megavideo.com/?d=T816FQ4B

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                Originally posted by ErichS View Post
                And I almost forgot the bunny!
                It's bunny time of year Do you have one of the rare Allach eggs too?

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                  Originally posted by Steve T View Post
                  It's bunny time of year Do you have one of the rare Allach eggs too?
                  No, just the Allach bunny

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                    The well known tapestry taken from Himmler's mountain house, very expensive and not even woven http://www.rockislandauction.com/vie...id/52/lid/1767

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                      That´s one top-of-the-line SS cultural item!!!

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                        1940's Feldpost.
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                          not for Easter, but my newest gets:

                          Does one know the right pattern? Were there originally SS runes, which were removed after the war, or did one removed another rune and add the SS signs?
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                            Maybe you can add a better shot of the area of the runes?

                            From what I can see the Sigrunes have been there before as well - and have been "de-nazified" whereas the Ingrune and the Hagalrune have been left untouched.

                            The fact that the other two runes have been left untouched leads me to the conclusion that the third rune must have been a more "evil" one so it must have either been a swastika or the Sigrunes - and the Sigrunes in connection to the other two make more sense than a swastika.

                            Great plates - great find!!

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                              very nice plates.I really like the left one

                              Etienne

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                                .. 1930's German easter egg candy container

                                really cool item! happy easter!
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