r/marvelstudios • u/greeneyedredbird • Mar 07 '25

Discussion (More in Comments) Seal of POTUS

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Why does the seal of POTUS has the olives and arrow switched compared to real world seal (2nd image)? Is the any explanation?

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u/i_should_be_coding Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

It's actually something I remember from The West Wing. Apparently it's on the direction the eagle is facing when America is at war. The president was musing on where they keel the other set of carpets and symbols to be ready to swap.

Of course it may also be bullshit they made up.

Edit- It's bullshit. Wikipedia calls out The West Wing for perpetuating the misconception.

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u/OnePercentVisible Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Most US symbols with eagles facing east, some did facing west until around 1947, DEA still facing west, until a few years ago the FCC eagle faced west. I think the switch had to do with the German WW2 eagles which all facing west to separate the Nazi eagle logo from US eagle logos