The German MANNESMANN - MULAG ( =
MOTOREN
UND
LASTWAGEN
AG ) started truck production in Aachen one year before WW I in 1913. The monthly output was about 80 - 100 vehicles.
They designed one of the most craziest radiator emblems in truck history:
you see two men with a rope in their hands standing with both feet firmly on the globe. On the right side you see the truck where this emblem was mounted. Make your own sense of it........
Nevertheless it is one of my all time favorites.
| Dimension | 10.2 cm x 7.5 cm |
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| Year | 1913 - 1919 |
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| reverse without makers mark |
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| before restoration |
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| contemporary ad with emblem |
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| on top you see an original MANNESMANN brooche |
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| advertisment showing the truck and the emblem |
The MANNESMANN company tried to enter the privat car business in 1923 without success.
About 2,000 cars were built at the factory in Remscheid. MANNESMANN stopped the production in 1928. Not a single car survived.
The emblem is super rare. You have to look years for it.
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| before restoration |
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| don´t give up, quite every emblem is restorable |
| Dimensions | 14.5 cm x 3.3 cm |
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| Year | 1923 - 1928 |
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When starting production in 1923 they used for a short time a vee - shaped radiator:
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| picture from the vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog |
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| picture from the vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog showing the radiator with emblem and mascot |
For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of carmakers )
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