Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Peter. Yes, indeed the Carlsberg elephant bears the Indian symbol. The company's founder in the 19th century, Carl Jacobsen, adopted it. As far as I know, it also appeared on the beer labels until it was dropped, for obvious reasons, after 1945. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On May 1, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > I enjoyed this series a lot. Brings back memories of a couple of months I > spent working for the FT in B?rsen, Kobnhavn about a decade ago. > > I presume that is an Indian swastika flanking the stone elephant, not a > leftover from the Nazi occupation. > > All the best, > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >