BIANCHI / MILANO / ITALY ( 1905 - 1955 )
Edoardo Bianchi started his car production in Milano / Italy in 1905.
Vintage BIANCHIS were conservative, but by 1922 they had dohc, with dual magneto ignition and 90 bhp.
In 1955 FIAT bought the factory to build the new AUTOBIANCHI, a car using FIAT components with a little bit more horsepower.
The emblems are showing the eagle of the Duke of Savoy ( Savoia ).
Inside the eagle you see the white cross in a red oval representing the crest of Savoia.
Here I present you a real piece of art. These emblems are made by using a pattern, a very exigent technique.
A real highlight of my collection !
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| emblem from the Bregonzio collection liquidated in 2009 |
Size
| 7.4 cm |
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| Year | 1910 - 1912 |
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There was also a smaller version that was made with the pattern technique:
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left: large original right: smaller original
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contemporary photo showing the round emblem and a second emblem mounted on the radiator core
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| now the eagle is made in brass |
Size
| 7.5 cm |
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| Year | 1914 |
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period postard with badge
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pay attention: there is also a repro that looks like this
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very nice BIANCHI mascot with an enameled crest on the bird chest
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body emblem
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The rectangular emblem was used in the mid nineteentwenties:
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| Please look at the crest. You see a red cross on a white oval, but the crest of MILANO has a white cross on a red oval, as shown on all other emblems and papers. I have no idea why the colors are wrong on an original emblem. |
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| backside of the original emblem with wrong colors |
1928 sales brochure with correct colors on the emblem:
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| Source: Publicité Automobiles Archives de la Somme Guer 1292 lot 1 media 1 |
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| BIANCHI S5 1500 with emblem and mascot, seen in Italy in 2016 |
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| If you have a close look you can see the mascot |
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| very large radiator emblem |
| Size | 15.5 cm x 14.5 cm |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| you can see that the above shown emblem was mounted on the radiator core |
This emblem in a form of a shield was mounted at the BIANCHI Tipo S9 in 1934
| Size | 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| emblem from the Bregonzio collection: no idea where it was mounted |
Here you see a very nice post war emblem from the AUTOBIANCHI PRIMULA of 1967:
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| Impressive BIANCHI colletion |
For more car emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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I do metal detecting and found one of these emblems in the mountains here in Italy. Took me a while to find your photos. Kept thinking it was from a bike. It's a little bent up but I was hoping to get some more info and possibly show you mine. It looks very similar but there are slight design differences in the eagle. Feel free to email me.
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