Apr 11, 2017

MIESSE / BELGE


One of my all time emblem favorites:


Size9.2 cm x 7.0 cm
Year1949 onwards

Estimate



backside without makers mark

The MIESSE started producing trucks and buses in 1905 in Brussels /Belgium. Since 1932 vehicles were equipped for years with the British GARDNER diesel engines made under licence.

What do you remember from your bible reading ? Guess what MIESSE is showing on the emblem !

It is St. Michael killing the Satan. What a strange idea for an autocar emblem.
I don´t know a second official vehicle emblem with a bible theme. But when you look at the coat of arms from the town of Brussels there you find this motif:


Here comes a much smaller MIESSE emblem. It is from 1933.

MIESSE radiator emblem

Size
 4.1 cm x 6.1 cm
Year
1933
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reverse without maker´s mark



1933 advertisment showing the emblem



 In the nineteenforties the emblem was simplified:

 

no more enamel, this emblem was etched and painted

 

In 1913 the flat radiator of the cars was replaced by a vee - shaped radiator adorned  by a round enameled emblem showing St. Michel fighting against the satan. You find this motif in the coat of arms of Brussels.



Size
 c.  6.0 cm
Year
1913 onwards
Estimate


contemporary photo of a 1910 MIESSE Landaulet,  radiator with emblem: J.MIESSE

 

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