AUSTRO DAIMLER / WIEN / AUSTRIA ( 1899 - 1936 )
The history of the car brand “AUSTRO - DAIMLER” began with the Austrian company “Östrerreichische Daimler Motoren AG”, which had its headquarters in Vienna / Neustadt. The separation from the German Daimler company took place in 1911. 1928 saw the merger of AUSTRO - Daimler and PUCH. Around 1936, STEYR also joined the joint venture. Automobile production was ceased in 1936.
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| emblem still made for the Österreichische DAIMLER MOTOREN A.G. |
The name “AUSTRO DAIMLER” was used from 1910 onwards.
Emperor Franz Joseph I also allowed the company to use the imperial double-headed eagle as its emblem in 1911. So the next emblem shown here probably dates from around 1911 to 1914.
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| Early AUSTRO DAIMLER emblem. Made of a flat brass plate, so that the contours have partially disappeared over the years. |
Giant, flat emblem from before 1914:
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| probably a repro, but impressively attractive |
Size
| 17.0 cm x 10.8 cm
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Year
| c. 1912
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Estimate
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Even before WWI, Austro Daimler built its vehicles with v - shaped radiators:
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| 1914 advertisment showing a car with v - shaped radiator |
Size
| 15.8 cm x 6.8 cm
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Year
| 1914 - 1930
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Estimate
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| backside without makers mark |
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| 1923 advertiment showing the Austrian eagle on a v - shaped radiator |
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| contemporary photo showing the emblem above and a proud girl (photo collection Michael Schlenger / Vorkriegsklassiker ) |
From 1930, a flat, newly designed emblem was used again, which also featured the two letters AD for Austro Daimler:
| Size | 10.2 cm x 4.4 cm |
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| Year | 1930 - 1936 |
| Estimate |  |
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| backside without makers mark |
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| 1934 AUSTRO DAIMLER with emblem showed above and mascot ( photo collection Vorkriegsklassiker Michael Schlenger ) |
There were two different types of radiator mascots:
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| very simple mascot |
But there was also a much more elaborated radiator mascot:
| Size | 9.5 cm |
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| Year | 1930- |
| Estimate | |
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| AD only: quite a simple hub cap for such a luxurious vehicle |
| Size | 6.5 cm |
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| Year | c. 1920 |
| Estimate |  |
AUSTRO DAIMLER also manufactured aircraft engines and advertised their successes in automobile magazines:
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| 1914 advertisment |
Last not least here is a wonderful enameled emblem which I could not discover on historical photos. I guess that it is a motormeter emblem.
| Size | 5.6 cm |
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| Year | unknown |
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For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers )
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