RABA / Hungary

The Hungarian Company RABA is still in the automotive industry, well known for  products like chassis, axles, autoseats etc..
Before WWI they bought a licence from the Czech PRAGA Motor company to build the RABA GRAND. It is unlikely that they sold more than 1,000 (private ) cars, so this emblem is a very hard to find item. After WWI they specialized in trucks.

large RABA GRAND  radiator emblem

Size	9.5 cm
Year	1912 - 1914
Estimate

reverse without makers mark

There was also a red version with white letters and a black border:

1919 advertisment showing the emblem

                            picture  from the vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog collection showing two RABA GRAND   

cutout showing the emblem and a mascot

 

 Very few RABA vehicles have survived. But there was a drawing of the RABA emblem, which was made by the swedish boy Gustav Moeller back in the 1920s. Gustav lived near the ferry port in Helsingborg / Sweden and drew the emblems of the waiting cars there. What a great hobby that still helps and delights us a hundred years later:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In the nineteentwenties the emblem became smaller. 

The background was white, while the letters and the border became blue:

 

 

 

Size	5.7 cm
Year	c.1925
Estimate

 

 

 

For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of carmakers )

When using a smartphone please use the button web version !