DE DION BOUTON |
Size | 13.5 cm x 12.9 cm |
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Year | 1893 - 1903 |
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The French car maker DE DION BOUTON started early into the automobile business. In 1883 they produced steam cars. They launched their first petrol engines ten years later. At first they were installed in tricycles.
The engine was a real bestseller with 6000 units sold in 1898, 6460 in 1899 and 7078 in 1900 ! This numbers made DE DION BOUTON the number 1 in Europe.
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the famous 1-cylinder DE DION BOUTON engine for sale in 2023 in France |
Here
you see their first emblem, it is from a tricycle.. The emblem is
showing a wheel with wings inside and letters for the type. DE DION´S
swansong was a straight-eight - the 16CV with 2.5 litres and overhead
valves in 1932 [Georgano].
Then there was another brass emblem like this:
Size | 12 cm |
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Year | 1904 - 1907 |
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In Germany, the De Dion Bouton was built under licence in Aachen, where they used this emblem in the DeDion style:
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photo collection W. Spitzbarth |
The following advertisement shows another CUDELL emblem:
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On the emblem you can read: CUDELL PATENT DE DION BOUTON (advertisement collection Michael Schlenger) |
1908 DE DION BOUTON introduced the famaous enameled radiator emblem that we find on the radiator until 1914. Don´t buy a repro. But original emblems are hard to find nowerdays. If you need an original one just ask me.
radiator emblem with winged wheel |
Size | 6.0 cm |
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Year | 1908 - 1914 |
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backside of an original emblem |
May be the first series of this emblem wasn´t enameled yet:
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1921 Austrian advertisement for 8 - cylinder DE DION |
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one of the first european 8-cylinder engines ( made by DE DION BOUTON ) |
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no special radiator for the 8-cylinder DE DION BOUTON |
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French advertisement offering three types of DE DION BOUTON vehicles |
DE DION BOUTON badge with contemporary art deco ad |
After WW 1 DE DION BOUTON restarted with a new model and a new radiator without emblem. Only a script was mounted on the grill:
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1922 advertisment in Omnia showing the new radiator with a script only |
Hi I am looking for a radiator badge for my 1910 De Dion Bouton type CD. If possible please let me know where I might be able to acquire a correct original radiator badge?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks
Yes, I have a perfect original for sale. Please contact me directly via: emblemcollection@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteso we avoid public corrspondance
Thanks