BERNARD french truck

 

 BERNARD / FRANCE  ( 1929 - 1962 )

BERNARD was a very famous truck in France, producing heavy duty trucks from 1929 to 1962.
They always had this lovely emblem on the front showing a model. Only in 1936 there was another emblem.
 No, her name is not Eleanor V. Thornton...          It is a man !
You can read on the emblem: LE COEUR ET LES MUSCLES DE L´ATHLETE COMPLET.
That means: The body and the muscles from a perfect athlete.
I only know this two emblem colors: orange and light green.

Size	5.6 cm x 8.5 cm
Year	1929 - 1962
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backside without makers mark

 

 

 

 

1955 advertisment showing the emblem

 

 The next shown emblem was used in 1936 only. You see the two letters  E B in the middle of the emblem. It can be assumed that Ettore Bugatti forbade Eduard Bernard the consise use of the two letters EB, and therefore the Bernard company had to re-mount the old emblem as of 1937 and continuously do so until the middle of the 1950s.

 

Size	5.7 cm x 7.0  cm
Year	1936
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1936 emblem: backside without makers mark

contemporary photo of a 1936 BERNARD truck

 

1936 advertisment with emblem

my BERNARD exposition

 

For more  emblems see older posts or top right of this page ( list of car makers ).
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