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.

Feb 2, 2014

RUGGLES / USA

Frank RUGGLES started with a friction-drive vehicle in Ware / Massachusetts in 1905. As there was no succes they closed the same year.
In 1921 Frank RUGGLES restarted in Saginaw / Michigan, where he organized the RUGGLES MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY that continued in the commercial field into 1928 [Kimes, Clark].
You have to look years for this emblem.

RUGGLES radiator emblem

Dimensions	7.2 cm
Year	1921 - 1928
Estimate

reverse of the original emblem with maker´s mark: MADE BY AMERICAN BADGE CO CHICAGO

There was also a Canadian RUGGLES Motor Truck with a different emblem as you can see here:

property of the Murray Shears collection

For more beautiful emblems from other automobiles see 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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