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Were there symbols like the SS logo and swastika — ones that were innocuous enough before some period but then became infamous — earlier in history?

I was thinking about how, nowadays, you essentially cannot place two geometric S next to each other due to similarity to the SS logo. That has been co-opted, like the swastika. Are there examples of these co-opted symbols before the 20th century? Maybe even back into medieval era?

I recognize it’s probably harder to promulgate a symbol without media, but still, there was clothing and fabrics and carvings and such… Just curious :)