AGA / BERLIN / GERMANY ( 1919 - 1928 )
Finally I´am able to present you an enameled emblem from AGA / Germany built in my home town Berlin.
In 1919 the AGA started their car production with a small 1.4 liter with
4-cylinder 16 hp engine. In the mid - twenties they sold quite well,
offering a better 20hp engine. So there were a lot of AGA taxi cabs in
Berlin. The last AGA was the AGA - SPEZIAL still proudly presented at
the International Automobil exhibition in Berlin in 1928.
But there was never a regular production and AGA closed the car production still the same year.
I
was told that this emblem may be a advertisng emblem. I don´t think so
because of it´s size. 5.4 cm x 7.0 cm are a normal size for a radiator
emblem. Promotional emblems such as brooches or pins are always much
smaller.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqIbsp5X5qymR9RbbCYuWcEbVnvh1hlCgrM7dAS-ExOBgzRCr6ZuUMnkX9xWmQJQY6RFo7s-ESRjQkCQKRG27sbQGq_IuAEf0CBRCt59fpenkYfxWZs5XYHV2XSltOxBD8sZzyhNla1s/s400/AGA+Berlin+oldtimer+1922+1924+1926.JPG) |
AGA emblem |
Size
| 5.4 cm x 7.0 cm |
Year | 1928
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Estimate |
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the last AGA advertisment for the AGA -SPEZIAL, published in 1928
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXnZFigjgFkVjzLCMVoZWBF8cDRVRvBp7x3IBMAyMx3aO9dESwpVFqFErQKSVKizdqoAA8CtVJ9EDnbz3JSyuclBESWuKGEBQfMm41ri4nthsGR2guDva7Fuz0x8rX22W7yZFaPhgelxZESjbyuTOpAxqx7dAu7ROBIDaiKqrwPnp6eEWNvHqTkniduA/w640-h290/AGA%20Warenzeichen%20Patent%201920%20(3).jpg) |
the AGA logo was patented in 1920
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQXgQAtjBt2Ik4g0hYBpW-VVpjfcnr89ALRCQpFpqBnE2iffi8a04rttFK6ibSJpmHhUFaklOQ9pX-0m14hBrPykuNgtuOrj1UyKRVvYVVbqfDagDpsPvb26ZBCD9kGtYh4rDis5emAM/w640-h480/AGA+Berlin+1921+Oldtimer+.jpg) |
AGA on the Motor Show / Berlin 1921
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1922 advertisment: the complete AGA program
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-sYpV8Klv7qWfRXIR_WhNdFG31R2Wui9wI-2xvRdWCTif3acp7YMTSwSV_RkYKJT0NjWiXjRYAx3-SWkhoGzKGgT2yqcwMeSKouyoRs5wvRJyX_fOtlABMNV6Mi2W4LRNb2UeNXzoZI/w640-h533/Aga+25.JPG) |
1923 AGA with angular fenders and v - shaped radiator ( photo collection Thomas Ulrich ).
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq5x8EzC8RYtLw-N6WBGUPj50l4O9vwgflGkkLgLrsAsL-kHNXDSpqk86pxUb-EApN6VDosrz-YYiaZ9JMwQoSVNyHjqRmBp53w8dYOa865L3fe-6H4-v-aYMgoVBnfH0SZNU9WPZ8c-Lo6VIfvoOTZQgMc2mJJg_OGaOA4owTJrP9Q-vV2LP51AXT=w442-h640) |
1921 advertisment showing the AGA with angular fenders
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1923 AGA car used to advertise new bumpers (called: "Federstahl-Puffer" )
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwCuIUWeOWzrzGxo8MaF6LhOJSUEYWBFN3LZGAmHYAC4Tya6moQRbUYsuUulop4JbwY3qYdXUJNCfj1F_lCI9czZKws9ViSW7Ku-ZnfNd8N-B7VOG4JvcVRVVgKU-3duszxqJuvImD3pSR0cvj1_pRSA_TMsQ3ElrzT6sIR7mDZ3mgKomO1ELvh3K/w480-h640/AGA%201924.jpg) |
1924 advertisment AGA in Egypt
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AGA with v- shaped radiator and brass emblems
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1924 AGA advertisment showing 3 types of AGA cars
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0smQlGu8qdioQudiOglcJw2y30YICC2rIQhfPWCZAdG2hMJtxyFU9YCBTrD97WFVPmgLeWwj_7WEGDxcR-a9jt186KVO7xJ7V0J8DZT2Uu64wDsfOCQ-Sbou9P8zmVIBHTmLpLbD7dpR7-4mivgjDZnjSRl55G-_LbYTi6r8t9BvSpr_4p0BotIPt/w432-h640/AGA%20%201926%20in%20Motor%20(2).jpg) |
1926 advertisment with red emblem, although this color was never on any radiator emblem
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_f4lhMrvdR7tUKtgqD02Ztsi8QveaBjUl8b7Wq4bCvObp5ls4aZmjZd-7pjFOOzOX2XJ6I3WgAVTq4yGViBvq8cPDcBAOo7mPfG4RR7wElel2EfQxNthBnTT6aqRHwlUJ_aHVlvSfjo/w640-h402/aga_6-20_ps+1925jpg.jpg) |
1925 AGA with conventional fenders (photo collection Thomas Ulrich ).
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5nV17T1d6VCute6ENTTVelg_NWPfFzljRKLEJsizvZtCv-HNuVW2K3npRTW5s2uB3Ry6t0a3UJOjHk2g5-oEDKV0EctOeYWE1okhVuBSBq4aWFIbXoQpQRMbwrEzxcfU3AZbfj2kBy8/w300-h400/AGA+ad+1925.jpg) |
1925 advertisment, again showing the emblem in red
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOH7yOCAAlWX8q-GxwMU8AgWZ7LG7j2F4majNP8vpcQc5ad87vTTHb1i2JhWdA_8q_KDdExvNsibV0tNymCj1VbkkODHyOljulvl936IugdhhjwYlquR93uFWqqfYEBqkkmj4Im-YaXDClYiekliAUk8thl5FoBwMiQ53aEUgTUIK5k2aeYVaMSlVLn0/w400-h305/AGA%20Spezial%20zigarrilo%20berlin%20Oldtimer%20Schweden.jpg) |
AGA merchandising in the nineteentwenties: something to smoke and something to write
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugHQUFnvz4_qi9KXteUL7_2nxtLi60GF2V9mULF5AENk_IDx9tri4nUUQNN2-572X9FcHutjROM4tlYgBPhldvTe33NT82620QsPFwtHqcpOs_Am4CuoQkZpjatfxThqP__dp0Ep-9iSMcz2two9Suujs2o239cCMmhNmCCoNTxDySrZ-XQaHdFTVxbw/w300-h400/005%20AGA%20badge20231130_085230.jpg) |
AGA brass emblem mounted in the middle of the radiator when the v - shaped radiator was gone on the type C 6/20
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Although
numerous AGA vehicles were used as cabs, especially in their home city
of Berlin, photos of AGA cabs are extremely difficult to find, so I am
pleased to show one here:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2wSstAv2tMeKdJYdMb_9sbP3MIt9ScOye-S8giFal10N1eKgC0tjrcyky0YapFhspiChzVd87i26r8tRX2MUumjsHKq-IpT34qWiIGIEU-VCrydxTE4pd70cT4QSGJgMOTfxl2aVvi3VheDa59vdaQbSSC6NgUUbg2Z9vx2NTbhNFjFY8GMWCpvmJ8A/w480-h640/004%2020231130_085148.jpg) |
my AGA type C 16/20 radiator
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to my knowledge the AGA hubcap was not modified during the 10-year production period of the vehicles.
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not dated, but one of the last AGA ads
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXP4H9_41pnt7fhAgVnJk_RpjsfzWi-tmf3vcTMQpwEH6CYrpxJq40o9XJGGFi6VGuYTtYymXmPusMbQKohIeh3cfyr-IeZSYaMb7YULEJ19Tn2bWlDC7IuFD_183ABt3OHkRIMzQ4VDufBsmLx0A-nt6P3YHJNk4INZXi8gS_ZSOwH6mioRlDp3brTo/w640-h480/094%20AGA%20Herzbergstr%20im%20Dez%202023.jpg) |
Built
in 1919, the building still exists. It was even listed as a historical
monument in the nineteen-nineties. I took the photo in 2023. |
In
Sweden the AGA car was marketed under the name TV = Thulinwerken.
Around 300 vehicles were sold. This car also had a triangle emblem but
the other way round:
If you want to know all about the AGA history just buy the book from Kai-Uwe Merz:
Der AGA- Wagen, published in 2011.
For more emblems see older posts or top right of this page ( list of car makers ).
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