Nov 16, 2014

ROGNINI & BALBO / Italy


ROGNINI & BALBO of Milano / Italy built electric buses ( =  Elettromobili) in the 1920 for communal purposes. The bus  type A 75 - A 79 offered 54 places.  It was not a trolley system. This bus was autarkic with 44 batteries, enough for a range of 150 kilometers.

This extremely rare emblem is from the Bregonzio / Milano  collection liquidated in 2009.

large front emblem of a R & B bus

Dimensions
12 cm x  6.0 cm

Year
 1921 

Estimate




R & B emblem with business card and contemporary foto 


For more beautiful bus and car emblems see top right ( list of car makers).




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