American Police Force Logo, The Lost Symbol Cover, Serbian Flag

Must be some clever marketing ploy! Maybe they’re selling Cheeriohs?


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But observe, ladies & gentlemen, the cover of the new Dan Brown novel, “The Lost Symbol” and the logo of a peculiar group in the news called the American Police Force, whose crest-like logo (featuring a double-headed eagle, two fleurs-de-lis, a center cross and some other heraldric shapes I’m not sure the name of looks) more European than American. But who knows, I haven’t been following this story! My old pal Cryptogon has though. Quite an odd story too, though I’m not that into conspiracies as a literary genre these days…

Good catch though, JT.

UPDATE!

The crest is from a variant of the Serbian flag - zuh?


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  1. dreaming of a better future
    Posted October 1, 2009 at 8:59 pm | Permalink

    http://gawker.com/5371641/american-police-force-leader-a-liar

    http://www.goarch.org/special/usvisit2002/galleries/liturgical/lit0/view

  2. dreaming of a better future
    Posted October 1, 2009 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

    The double-headed eagle is a common symbol in heraldry
    Heraldry

    Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning Coat of arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms….
    and vexillology
    Vexillology

    Vexillology is the scholarly study of flags. The word is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum and the suffix -logy, meaning “study of”….
    . It is most commonly associated with the Holy Roman Empire
    Holy Roman Empire

    The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor….
    and with the Byzantine Empire
    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople….
    . In Byzantine heraldry, the heads represent the dual sovereignty of the Emperor (secular and religious) and/or dominance of the Byzantine Emperors over both East and West
    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople….
    .

    http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Double-headed_eagle

  3. dreaming of a better future
    Posted October 1, 2009 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    The founder of APF being Serbian would, I guess, explain the logo-crest similarity.

    But this little item stands out to me from the USA Today story, an “unusual wrinkle”:

    Mercedes SUVs belonging to APF began showing up recently in town with magnetic decals that said “City of Hardin Police Department.” The decals were later removed.

    How quirky, I’m sure. Reminded me of something I clipped on my site about rules and ruses of war - not that this is what that is. It’s just food for thought. I’m all about cross-disciplinary research is all:

    In some cases, which international law accepts as a legitimate “ruse of war”, a direct action force may infiltrate to the target area in civilian clothes, but must make some distinguishing insignia visible before taking any combat actions. Had the hostage rescue force in Operation Eagle Claw actually moved into Tehran, they would have worn dark, nondescript clothing with American insignia under black tape. Before taking any combat action, they were to remove the tape.

    http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2009/04/13/black-tape-other-ruses-of-war/

  4. passed through the singularity
    Posted October 3, 2009 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    This is a worthwhile link, a good round-up of mostly factual references from other legitimate news sources:

    http://www.examiner.com/x-14795-Page-O...iner~y2009m9d29-American-Police-Force

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