▲ 44 ▼ Marlboro ad (1955) (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by BilSabab@lemmy.world to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (2 children) Its a Bronze Star- a US military medal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago It's a nautical star. An older tatoo, but may still be a thing today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_star permalink fedilink source parent [–] nixon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago I figured it was associated with the military as WW2 would have come to an end 10 years beforehand so it would still be in the public zeitgeist but it is just so odd and out of place with his country club tennis outfit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago It's a nautical star. An older tatoo, but may still be a thing today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_star permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nixon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago I figured it was associated with the military as WW2 would have come to an end 10 years beforehand so it would still be in the public zeitgeist but it is just so odd and out of place with his country club tennis outfit. permalink fedilink source parent
