RadiatorEmblems

This page is dedicated to pre war car emblems and interesting post war emblems I want to present to you the most beautiful and the most rarest emblems on this page. To my knowledge the first enameled radiator emblem was on the French Brasier 1904. From this time on thousands of these nice artifacts were mounted on the radiator to identify the car. If you send me a picture from your favorite emblems I´ll post them with a comment. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Apr 26, 2013

DKW

Size	with frame 9 cm x 4.3 cm
Year	1928 - 1930
Estimate

This 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.

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DKW motorcycle with painted emblem

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 )

DKW mascot for the type 4 = 8 made in 1930.

1930 DKW 4=8 on a contemporary photo

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

For more emblems see older posts or top right of this page ( list of car makers ).
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I started collecting radiator emblems in 1976. I remember this clearly because I had to give my first car to the local scrapyard. It was a still nice looking Volkswagen squareback. The scrapyard director was interested in my car and I was interested in the emblems of all cars in the field. So a deal was made. And I went home with a bucket full of emblems. Later I've been on swap meets all around the world. I started buying emblems on Ebay in 1999. From this time on prices became comparable for the first time. This made it possible for me to invent a five-star system to categorize emblems based on their rarity and value.This table is applicable for original emblems in a good but not perfect shape. Not for reproductions.

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	A common pre-war emblem from a mass producer like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler etc. Value: 0$ - 50$
	Still a well known car but no high production quantities. Value: 50$ - 200$
	Here it starts with the highly collectible emblems. Value: 200$ - 500$
	A very rare and very desirable emblem. You have to look years to find one of these. Value: 500$ - 800$
	An ultra rare piece. Prices are sometimes 800$ and more.

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Apr 26, 2013

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