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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LorenzoJames87, post: 2057525, member: 14849&quot;]Nice find, Brad.. didn&#039;t come across that one, just this <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-Antique-French-Spelter-Figure-Statues-depicting-Naval-Industrial-Themes/254540889444?hash=item3b43d1bd64%3Ag%3AUNYAAOSwLu5ebUtG&amp;fbclid=IwAR3Q0fGf9IXKsq10Eo3hLiqo0N8iYtMCSrPe6n6yDIjLsyKMhTBggdile4E" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-Antique-French-Spelter-Figure-Statues-depicting-Naval-Industrial-Themes/254540889444?hash=item3b43d1bd64%3Ag%3AUNYAAOSwLu5ebUtG&amp;fbclid=IwAR3Q0fGf9IXKsq10Eo3hLiqo0N8iYtMCSrPe6n6yDIjLsyKMhTBggdile4E" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-Antique-French-Spelter-Figure-Statues-depicting-Naval-Industrial-Themes/254540889444?hash=item3b43d1bd64:g:UNYAAOSwLu5ebUtG&amp;fbclid=IwAR3Q0fGf9IXKsq10Eo3hLiqo0N8iYtMCSrPe6n6yDIjLsyKMhTBggdile4E</a></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>and it&#039;s still quite different from the one I posted. Wanna thank you guys for your feedback. &#039;&#039;Naval Industry&#039;&#039; fits in , from what I could find, in relation to when the &#039; caduceus&#039; symbol was adopted.. I&#039;m assuming the the gears and shaft featured the on the lamp represent a ship. These quotes are from Wiki page</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;&#039;in 1871, the Surgeon General designated the caduceus as the seal of the Marine Hospital Service (destined to become the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912). Gershen states that the change was for aesthetic reasons<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine?fbclid=IwAR09lHchxLakHyhyjpSVVIcd_At_ERIAiCO_sxqZM0xjZnBWobEHquMj3zM#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus_as_a_symbol_of_medicine?fbclid=IwAR09lHchxLakHyhyjpSVVIcd_At_ERIAiCO_sxqZM0xjZnBWobEHquMj3zM#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow">]</a> whereas Friedlander states the caduceus was adopted by the Marine Hospital Service &quot;because of its relationship with merchant seamen and the maritime industry&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &#039;&#039;after World War I the caduceus was employed as an emblem by both the Army Medical Department and the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Corpsman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Corpsman" rel="nofollow">Navy Hospital Corps</a>&#039;&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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