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 Georges Richard1903. 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 FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jul 25, 2014

DIABOLO / GERMANY

DIABOLO / STUTTGART / BRUCHSAL / GERMANY ( 1922 - 1927

In 1922 the DIABOLO Kleinauto AG, founded in Stuttgart (South Germany ) presented a 3-wheeler that was powered by a 1.1 litre Motosacoche engine. This car showed some resemblance to the MORGAN 3-wheeler.
But there was no commercial succes. Maybe 300 cars were built. None of the Diabolo cars survived !

So the emblem is ultra rare and I had to buy the whole radiator for my emblem collection.

even a devil can be sympathic

Size	5.0 cm x 6.0 cm
Year	1922 - 1927
Estimate

one of the rare contemporary photos showing a DIABOLO in 1925

one of the rare DIABOLO advertisments


contemporary picture of the 1925 DIABOLO starting for a race

three DIABOLO three-wheeler ( seen in 1923 )

In 1926, the DIABOLO threewheeler was discussed in detail in the magazine MOTOR und SPORT

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

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3 comments:

Master of emblemsJanuary 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I like three wheeler and this is a very special one, also the funny emblem
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Master of emblemsMarch 28, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Even a devil can be likeable. What a great find!
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AnonymousMay 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Das als Emblem oder Brosche ist mit an oberster Stelle meiner Wunschliste !!! Heinz Rühmann hatte wohl einen Diabolo und der Teufel wohnte wohl wahrhaftig im Fahrzeug, zwecks Funktionalität.
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Welcome

I started collecting radiator emblems 40 years ago. 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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Jul 25, 2014

DIABOLO / GERMANY

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