RadiatorEmblems

This page is dedicated to pre war car emblems and interesting post war emblems I want to present to you the most beautiful and the most rarest emblems on this page. To my knowledge the first enameled radiator emblem was on the French Brasier 1904. From this time on thousands of these nice artifacts were mounted on the radiator to identify the car. If you send me a picture from your favorite emblems I´ll post them with a comment. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jan 20, 2019

FMA DONAR / Germany

The FRANKFURTER MASCHINENBAU company ( FMA ) started to build trucks for the German military under the name " FRANKFURTER " at the end of WW I in 1918.
After the war trucks were sold under the name of " DONAR ".
Truck production ceased in 1929 but this firm continued in the compressed air technology. In 1971 the FMA was absorbed by Demag.

large truck emblem showing the hammer of the nordic god Thor

Size	21.5 cm x 9.9 cm
Year	1928 - 1929
Estimate

flat reverse without makers mark

After WWI the FMA company started a trademark contest. The name "DONAR" ranked first out of 3,854 competitors as you can read in this advertisment.

rare advertisment showing an early FMA truck

on top of the radiator you can see the enameled emblem

another contemporary photo showing a script a a small emblem on top of the radiator

For more car or truck emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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I started collecting radiator emblems in 1976. I remember this clearly because I had to give my first car to the local scrapyard. It was a still nice looking Volkswagen squareback. The scrapyard director was interested in my car and I was interested in the emblems of all cars in the field. So a deal was made. And I went home with a bucket full of emblems. Later I've been on swap meets all around the world. I started buying emblems on Ebay in 1999. From this time on prices became comparable for the first time. This made it possible for me to invent a five-star system to categorize emblems based on their rarity and value.This table is applicable for original emblems in a good but not perfect shape. Not for reproductions.

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	A common pre-war emblem from a mass producer like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler etc. Value: 0$ - 50$
	Still a well known car but no high production quantities. Value: 50$ - 200$
	Here it starts with the highly collectible emblems. Value: 200$ - 500$
	A very rare and very desirable emblem. You have to look years to find one of these. Value: 500$ - 800$
	An ultra rare piece. Prices are sometimes 800$ and more.

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