BIGNAN / France

 BIGNAN / COURBEVOIE / FRANCE  ( 1918 - 1926 )

The Automobiles BIGNAN was founded  by Jacques Bignan in Courbevoie near Paris in 1918.
Yet the first cars were assembled in the GREGOIRE factory and were sold in England by Malcom Campell under the name Gregoire - Campell.
BIGNAN cars came to be made in immense and confusing varities but to my knowledge there were at least 5 different emblems. They all are showing a flying  stork  and a circle.
The first years the car was called BIGNAN SPORT and the stork wings were larger than the circle:

BIGNAN SPORT

Size	13.0 cm x 10.0 cm
Year	1922
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BIGNAN SPORT emblem with wings and feet outside the circle ( collection Murray Shears )

Poster of  the 1921 BIGNAN SPORT

emblem with stork wings and feet inside the outer circle

Size	9.0 cm
Year	1923 - 1926
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1923 advertisment with stork flying through the circle

1923 BIGNAN emblem with wings and feet outside the circle ( collection Murray Shears )

Still actif in 1925, but rather unsuccessful

In 1926 Automobiles Bignan collapsed and were sold to Societé La Cigogne. Now you can read La Cigone on the front of the emblem:

left:   La Cigogne                                            right: BIGNAN

When looking at the backside of these two emblems you recognize that the new owner still used the old emblems. They just soldered a disk with the new name over the old name !!!

For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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