Dec 21, 2023

DELAUNAY BELLEVILLE / FRANCE

 

DELAUNEY BELLEVILLE  / ST. DENIS / FRANCE   ( 1904 -1950 )
 

DELAUNEY ( 1904 to 1950)  were known for smoothness and silence at a time when these were rare commodities.
The cars were also very individual in their looks,  and their round bonnet and radiator were a reference to the steam boiler origins of the company.
The last model in serious production was the R16, basically a hastily revamped Mercedes-Benz 230 available from 1936 to 1939 and again for five years after 1945.

Usually there was only a script on the DELAUNAY radiator.
Here I present you the only enameled radiator emblem ever made.

It was used after WWII when DELAUNAY  tried in vain to restart.

 

flat version of the DELAUNAY emblem ( the two holes on top and down are original )


Size
  3.8  cm x 5.8 cm 
Year
 1950 
Estimate

 

 


 

 

1921 advertisment showing the typical radiator still without emblem


 

last DELAUNEY model with the emblem on the radiator (1950)


 

slightly curved version with brass-colored middle section (1950)

 

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

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