Watling Gold Award Swastika

[02birdman]

Hello, New to the forum. I recently bought a collection of (6) Watling machines. All Roll A Tops except for one Roll A Tor.

I was surprised to see a Swastika in the middle of the gold award coin. The date shows 1889-1933 with the swastika in the middle of the horseshow. Is this the typical Gold Award Coin? The machine is a nickle machine unrestored but works great. The coins look untouched ever.

I'm use to seeing the coin turned with Watling showing on one side, this one just has a W (I think without taking it out again).

Anyone have the history on the differnt gold award coins for these machines and which ones are correct for each machine?

[Dave]

The Watling Gold Award tokens do look like the have a swastika on them. However, if you look closely it is really a backwards swastika.

I have no idea on the rational for this.

Buying 6 Rol-A-Top at once is quite a purchase. You should post some photos.

Dave

[watlingboy]

Watling adopted this good luck symbol long before Hitler was in power. By the time WWII started, the gold award was pretty much a thing of the past. Dave is correct, the good luck symbol arms go in the opposite direction of the swastika. One side has the "W" with a serial number and the other side has a horseshoe and the good luck symbol. While some companies like Mills, Superior Confection and others had various gold award tokens, Watling had only one token that was used in all their machines. This token was used in the Blue Seal, Baby Gold Award, Wonder Vender, Treasury and Rol-A-Top. If the numbers match your machine or the numbers are various, you have originals.

Watlingboy

[MoreBloodWine]

I'd really like to see some images of this coind if you could get any, Thx.

[02birdman]

I'd really like to see some images of this coind if you could get any, Thx.

Follow this link and scroll down to the coin in question. I found it here after I asked the question but knowing more of the history helps.
Here is the link: http://www.luckymojo.com/goodluckcoins.html

I will try to take a few pictures soon. Now all I need is general repair manual for these machines so I can lubricate them correctly. I also need to reset my wheels in the 50 cent machine, I accidenlty moved two while freeing up a catching point and didn't set them back while I remembered where they went (I know real dumb).

Thanks for the replys