One of my coworkers recently found a pin in a small corner of his property, we originally thought the pin to be Nazi related but soon realized the symbol was not rotated and since we live in the Allegheny forest we considered the possibility of it being Native American. Another coworker also pointed out that it could be from a boy scout troupe as they adopted the native american symbol for luck. Does anyone recognize this pin and or have any information on the origination of the pin? Thank you in advance. [Image of Pin]http://imgur.com/b7GHL4Z
My vote is for "none of the above." It looks a like a curio pin sold in the American Southwest in the early 20th century. The symbols look to be commercial non-Native interpretations of Native iconography. The fylfot symbol is known as the Whirling Logs among Navajos. The Fred Harvey company made similar items in the 1920s and 1930s to sell in Arizona and New Mexico.
Edit: corrected link.