RadiatorEmblems: KOMNICK / GERMANY

Nov 17, 2013

KOMNICK / GERMANY

KOMNICK / GERMANY ( 1907 - 1927 )

Karl Franz KOMNICK started his car production in 1907. The factory was locted in Elbing / East Prussia, so they sold their cars also to Russia, Poland and other eastern countries. The first cars had the radiator behind the engine. The KOMNICK was famous for his durability. But it was never a mass - producer, so they had to close in 1927. To my knowledge no car survived WW1 and WW2, so the emblem is also very, very rare.

KOMNICK radiator emblem

Size	7.0 cm
Year	1907 - 1927
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backside of an original emblem

1923 KOMNICK truck with (painted ?) emblem behind the door

early advertisment showing the knight´s cross of the emblem

1913 advertisment in a German Motor journal also using the Russian language

Another ad showing the radiator emblem. It says: better than using horses.....

1926 advertisment

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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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