Oct 16, 2024

NESSELSDORFER WAGENBAU FABRIKS GESELLSCHAFT / CZ

 

NESSELSDORFER WAGENBAU / NESSELSDORF / today Czech Republic  ( 1897 - 1923 )

The “Kaiserlich - Königliche Wagenfabrik vorm. Schustala & Co.” in Nesselsdorf produced the prototype of a motor car with a German 2-cylinder BENZ engine around 1897. At that time, Nesselsdorf still belonged to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Edmund Rumpler was also involved in the construction of this vehicle. This company then became the Nesselsdorfer Automobilfarbrik.

The Nesselsdorfer Automobilfarbrik, managed by Hans Ledwinka, then emerged from this company.  The vehicles produced until the First World War had a good reputation due to their quality.  After the end of the First World War in 1923, the vehicles produced there were marketed under the name TATRA.


The emblem used the  Austrian-Hungarian double-headed eagle:

look at he two letters W (black ) N (white ) = Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau


Size
11.2 cm x  5.2 cm

Year
 1910 - 1923

Estimate



backside without makers mark


Very early NESSELSDORFER emblem. I don´t think that it was ever mounted on a vehicle.



1917 advertisment showing the full name of the company


one of the rare contemporary photos showing a NESSELSDORFER used for military purposes (photo Vorkriegsklassiker )


1918 ad. Obviously because the ad appeared during the war, military personnel are sitting in the vehicle



The first vehicles after the renaming to TATRA obviously still carried both emblems:



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

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