Distelfink
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A distelfink is a stylized goldfinch often used in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art.[1] They represent happiness and good fortune, and are a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur. The modern form often has a stylized crest on the bird's head of three lines each ending in a dot (see example below).
The American cartoonist Keno Don Rosa used a triple distelfink sign as the origin for Gladstone Gander's remarkable luck.
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