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Mope R. Geezer

Posted 2022-06-23 12:57 PM (#622324)
Subject: 1960 DeSoto Hood Ornament

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Can someone please decipher the symbols on the 1960 DeSoto hood ornament? It looks like a wine glass, star or cross and keylock. What's the significance of these symbols?

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Edited by Mope R. Geezer 2022-06-23 12:59 PM

Powerflite

Posted 2022-06-24 11:43 AM (#622354 - in reply to #622324)
Subject: Re: 1960 DeSoto Hood Ornament

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The locks are part of Hernando's coat of arms & heraldry. I don't know why that symbol was considered worth noting back then. My family surname's coat of arms shows shackles & chains on it. What an advertisement!

Maybe it's a threat of what they would do to anyone that opposes them? As for the goblets, I don't know where that comes from. My only guess is it has to do with his original quest to find gold in the new world.

Edited by Powerflite 2022-06-24 11:57 AM