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(The 1938 Apollon Athens team that earned the nickname '''Light Brigade''. Standing (L-R): Hadjisavvas, Damalas, Gregoriadis, Stratos, Pananos. Bottom row (L-R): Hadjivasilis, Gizoris, Vouvoudakis, Giakoumakis Notice the angled cross)
 
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The 1938 [[Apollon Athens FC|Apollon Athens]] team that earned the nickname '''Light Brigade''. Standing (L-R): Hadjisavvas, Damalas, Gregoriadis, Stratos, Pananos. Bottom row (L-R): Hadjivasilis, Gizoris, Vouvoudakis, Giakoumakis
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The 1938 [[Apollon Athens FC|Apollon Athens]] team that earned the nickname ''Light Brigade''. Standing (L-R): Hadjisavvas, Damalas, Gregoriadis, Stratos, Pananos. Bottom row (L-R): Hadjivasilis, Gizoris, Vouvoudakis, Giakoumakis
  
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Notice the angled cross ([[tetraskele]]) a common symbol in Greece in the antiquity. It was later dropped to avoid association with Nazi Germany and Hitler, who monopolized it as a national symbol (read: [http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm The History of the Swastika].
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Notice the insignia, an angled cross ([[tetraskele]]), a symbol common in antiquity Greece. The team later dropped it to avoid association with Nazi Germany and Hitler, who monopolized it as a national symbol (read: [http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm The History of the Swastika]).

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The 1938 Apollon Athens team that earned the nickname Light Brigade. Standing (L-R): Hadjisavvas, Damalas, Gregoriadis, Stratos, Pananos. Bottom row (L-R): Hadjivasilis, Gizoris, Vouvoudakis, Giakoumakis

Notice the insignia, an angled cross (tetraskele), a symbol common in antiquity Greece. The team later dropped it to avoid association with Nazi Germany and Hitler, who monopolized it as a national symbol (read: The History of the Swastika).

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