Hi Don,
Discussion, Always!
Seeing the last brooch you posted i regret not getting it myself after all. The thing is the seller beat me with getting a whole group of dozens of badges and after he offered them all again for sale one by one for much more money it left a bit of a bad taste. He did not show the reverse and now that you show it i like it even more.
This "R" character can mean a few things.
Here is a little piece on this character i wrote for my upcoming book. It is not related to brooches, but deals with the same character that was pre-1945 used for the Dutch (NSB) Vervoersfront ("Transportationfront"):
Discussion, Always!
Seeing the last brooch you posted i regret not getting it myself after all. The thing is the seller beat me with getting a whole group of dozens of badges and after he offered them all again for sale one by one for much more money it left a bit of a bad taste. He did not show the reverse and now that you show it i like it even more.
This "R" character can mean a few things.
Here is a little piece on this character i wrote for my upcoming book. It is not related to brooches, but deals with the same character that was pre-1945 used for the Dutch (NSB) Vervoersfront ("Transportationfront"):
The Germanic name for the rune that is
depicted in the centre is Reda (Raidho), also
known as Rad (Radh) in Anglo-Saxon, Reið in
Icelandic and Reid (Reidr) in old Norse. It is the
fifth rune of the first ætt of the Elder Futhark.
It’s phonetic sound is “R”. Symbolically it can
be read as Raidho ~ Rad ~ Ride ~ Cartwheel ~
Wheel, and the ancient meaning of the Raidho
rune is that of journey or travel. In a broader
perspective it can also be read as “communication”.
In the ancient Germanic lands was travel
treacherous and much longer in duration to the
extreme. Communication was literally an important
factor for the traveller making a long
physical journey...blablabla
depicted in the centre is Reda (Raidho), also
known as Rad (Radh) in Anglo-Saxon, Reið in
Icelandic and Reid (Reidr) in old Norse. It is the
fifth rune of the first ætt of the Elder Futhark.
It’s phonetic sound is “R”. Symbolically it can
be read as Raidho ~ Rad ~ Ride ~ Cartwheel ~
Wheel, and the ancient meaning of the Raidho
rune is that of journey or travel. In a broader
perspective it can also be read as “communication”.
In the ancient Germanic lands was travel
treacherous and much longer in duration to the
extreme. Communication was literally an important
factor for the traveller making a long
physical journey...blablabla
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