REVERE

The REVERE was a short living luxury car  built from 1917 to 1926 in Indiana. Only 227 cars were built with prodction peak with 43 cars in 1923.
 You see Paul Revere (1734 - 1818) on his horse crying: the Britains are coming.
This desirable emblem is from the Lee Roy Hartung collection up for auction in November 2011 in Chicago.  

Dimensions	6.8 cm
Year	1920
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Harry Pulfer

Prineess or Princess, that´s the question !

In the nineteen-sixties Harry Pulfer from California was the number one expert  concerning pre war car emblems. He is dead since long. Harry even wrote a self published book: The Auto name plate. I own one. In his book he describes how he ordered reproduction emblems in Hong Kong. He sent one emblem when he had one or a simpel rub paper when he had no emblem. What he got back, you can see it here: PRINCESS was a cyclecar from Detroit. But the chinese worker read: PRINEESS. What a nice error.
What do you think, is it a collectable item ?

P.S. Harry Pulfer´s reproduction always had a flat backside and never a maker´s make

and here is the original !  (thank you Mike for the photo)

One more repro made by Harry Pulfer :
The original emblem is vaulted;  the repro is flat.

on top:     original                      down:   repro

You see more Harry Pulfer reproductions when looking at " Harry Pulfer " and older posts.

the young Harry Pulfer

In 1968 Harry Pulfer sold his self made booklet
 " The Auto Name Plate Collector " . A Manual For Old Car Restorers & Collectors "
 for $ 1 and later for $ 2:

This book is a  " Must Have " for every collector ! From time to time you find it in ebay.com

In this book you find an article from the guest author Doc. Mundhenk about
  "TWELVE OUTSTANDING NAMEPLATES "
to answer the question which are the twelve prettiest and most distinctive nameplates.
And here is his selection:

The pictures of the emblems are not to scale

More than 50 years later I tried to recreate his choice:

Side note:
 Emblem No. 5 showing a pagoda is from DAIHATSU indeed. But DAIHATSU is a Japanese automobil factory, not from China. As a reader of this blog told me, the emblem shows the Osaka Pagoda !

very rare 1959 DAIHATSU, type  emblem

Size	5.3 cm x 6.3 cm
Year	1959
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CHEVROLET

The first emblem back side  is from a reproduction; the second emblem is from a flat original; the third is an original made with dies, not etched.   80 % of all prewar emblems are made with dies; so you can see the emblem on the backside but mirror - inverted. There are still enough originals, don´t buy a reproduction !

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CHEVROLET

CHEVROLET 1928 radiator emblem

This is an early enameled radiator emblem from CHEVROLET. This is an orginal. To be sure you have to look at the backside. So please have a look at the other picture. The very first Chevrolet emblem had no white line as a border and was longer.

Size	10.6 cm x 4.8 cm
Year	until 1928
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CHEVROLET

This is a typical  1 star emblem. You can find a nice original for less than  $ 50.  In 1929 the first Chevrolet cheap six cylinder car used an oval with the Bow tie thru it. It ´s more than 80 years old so it has to be in every collection.

Dimensions	7.6 cm x 8.9 cm
Year	1929
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APPERSON 4

In 1917 appeared the SILVER APPERSON, a 8 cylinder car styled by C.T. Silver, a NEW YORK car dealer who later applied his styling talents to Kissel cars.

Dimensions	4.5 cm
Year	1917
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APPERSON 3

This is an original APPERSON emblem from the first years. But this one is missing all blue and white enamel and the two holes are not original. On the backside there is a makers marque from Greenduck Co Chicago.
Pay attention: there are reproductions made by Harry Pulfer in the sixties. They have  a flat backside and there is no makers marque.

Dimensions	10.2cm x 6.2cm
Year	1914 and later
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APPERSON 2

This is the 1923 radiator emblem. The rabbit is gone. The footprints are still there. This emblem is from the Lee Roy Hartung collection which was put up for auction in November 2011. A picture of this and other emblems from Lee Roy Hartung is shown in the book. Antique automotive collectibles from Jack Martells.

Dimensions	5.5cm x 7.3cm
Year	1923
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APPERSON

The APPERSON automobile company lived from 1902 to 1926. The best year was 1916 with 2,000 units sold. The emblem shows the  "Jack Rabbit" to indicate that they were fast and agile. This emblem should be from 1920. On the backside you can read the makers marque. Pay attention: if there is no makers marque it is a reproduction.

Dimensions	5.5 cm x 7.3 cm
Year	1920
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DKW

DKW / ZSCHOPAU / INGOLSTADT / DÜSSELDORF / GERMANY  ( 1928 - 1966 )

One of the most successful small car manufacturers was engineer Jörg-Skafte Rasmussen, who created the German people's car “DKW” between the two world wars. The P15 with a 2-stroke engine appeared in 1928. DKW remained true to this principle until the end in 1966. The last DKW type F 102 became the first post-war AUDI in 1966.

Size	with frame 9 cm x 4.3 cm
Year	1928 - 1930
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 The emblem above is the hard to find emblem of the very first DKW car. They started the production of the type P 15  in 1928. On their motocycles you see the same emblem, but there was  a decal only. Here it is a two color enamel emblem in a frame.

 D.K.W. that  means: Dampf KraftWagen ( Steam Power Automobile ).

 Later the abbreviation was also used for: The (Das)  little  (Kleine)  Wonder  (Wunder). What a nice idea for a new car.

backside without makers mark

Once upon a time there was a DKW emblem. Victim of WWII .

DKW F15  seen in a German museum in 2023 ,

 

1928 advertisment from the new car maker DKW for the type P15

 

The next photo is showing the DKW 4=8 with the above shown badge and a mascot they used for a short time only.

photo of  the Michael Schlenger collection ( see: www.vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog )

 

 

 

 

 

1930 DKW 4=8 on a contemporary photo

 

 

 

DKW mascot for the type 4 = 8 made in 1930

 

 

 

  DKW  also exported to England:

1933 test drive and description of a DKW

DKW with front drive seen in a German museum in 2023

Do you know why this emblems have the same shape ? Do you know why these emblems have the same shape? It took me years to find out. And click here for the amazing result.

 

 

my radiator exposition with DKW 4=8  ( second from right )

 

 

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TERRAPLANE

In 1934 the TERRAPLANE name had become so popular that HUDSON dropped the ESSEX marque. The ESSEX - TERRAPLANE became TERRAPLANE only. This is the 1935 emblem which was integrated in the base of the hood ornament showing an eagle. After 1937 the TERRAPLANE was dropped and it´s place was taken by Hudson´s small six.

Size	6cm x 4cm
Year	1935
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