Purity in Politics banner with Stars of David

This banner is hanging in the headquarters of the League of Women Voters in Washington DC

Copyright: Kathy P. Chiron 2009

Star of David on a Birthday Card

Star of David on a Birthday Card

Macro Photography

Bronze Star of David Sculpture

Bronze Star of David Sculpture by Yoel Ziv from Kibbutz Kalia.

All rights reserved to Yoel Ziv 2009

Star of David on Fragrant Candles

Nationalistic blue and white candles

Solomon Seals at Iran Tabriz Blue Mosque

Picture is courtesy of Eliza_Tasbihi from Flickr

Tabriz Blue Mosque was built in 1465, damaged in an earthquake in 1779, rebuilt in 1973

Translation of Star of David into different languages

German Davidstern
Arabic ">نجمة داوود Czech Davidova hvězda
Danish Davidsstjerne
Spanish Estrella de David
Finnish Daavidint
French Etoile de David
Italian Maghen David
Dutch Davidster
Polish Gwiazda Dawida
Portugese Estrela de Davi
Rumanian David Steaua

Russian Звезда Давида
Swedish Davidsstjärna
Chinese 大衛星
Turkish Davud'un Kalkani
Japanese ダビデの星

Russian Yellow Badge Inquiry

Copyright: Marianne G Petrino-Schaad 2009

Marianne wrote to me:

I was wondering if you have seen an authentic yellow star patch with the word for Jew in Russian embroidered on it?
I wondered why someone would make a patch that uses Russian?

I got this patch in June at an antique show. The seller had it in her possession for 30 years. She had bought it from a man in Carlisle, PA, whose father was in WWII and a member of the Nazi party. I have donated it to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. They believe it is a fake patch.
I wonder why anyone would make a fake patch using Russian, instead of German, so it got me to thinking:
could there be an original model?
If so, where would it have come from?