WILLEME / FRANCE

WILLEME / NANTERRE / FRANCE  ( 1923 - 1970 )

WILLEME   was a French commercial vehicle.  Production started in 1919.  What you see on the emblem is a mixture of  American symbols with the French name: WILLEME had the licence to produce the    Liberty truck  of the American army.                .
Look at the details: even the front wheels and the rear wheels are different.
This large emblem is silver plated and very hard to find even in France.

WILLEME / France  truck radiator emblem

Size	12.6 cm x 10.1 cm
Year	1928
Estimate

1930 advertisement showing the beautiful badge

Apparently, WILLEME also tried to build a small truck with a diesel engine as this ad shows:

contemporary ad showing the radiator and the badge

Here you see why I´m collecting emblems. This is a real piece of art. The emblem was made in high quality and is silver plated. The blue is enameled.  Again you see that the French commercial car maker had the licene to build American trucks. To my knowledge this radiator emblem was on the front of a tractor.  No reproduction known.

WILLEME radiator emblem

Size	8 cm x 5.6 cm
Year	c. 1930
Estimate

I was able to find another ad that shows a much more modern truck:

1938 advertisement in Automobilia Transports Magazine

After WW II nothing smaller than a 10-tonner was marketed and Willeme was proud of using DIESEL engines.

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Size	5.0 x  7.1 cm
Year	c. 1946
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the last old fashioned WILLEME front badge (made of plastic )

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