DARMONT / FRANCE

DARMONT / COURBEVOIE / FRANCE  ( 1919 - 1939 )

Roger Darmont began importing Morgan tricycles manufactured in England during the First World War. After the end of the war, he and his brother André Darmont founded the automobile production company in Courbevoie / France. He acquired the license to build the Morgan three-wheeler in France. He marketed it under the name Darmont-Morgan with slight technical modifications. Later, only the name DARMONT was used. Over the years, Darmont launched three more models on the market. The V Junior, introduced in 1935, remained the only four-wheeled Darmont to go into series production until the end. At the beginning of the Second World War, Roger Darmont had to file for bankruptcy.

The following emblem was hard to identify because the name of the car manufacturer cannot be read. Instead, it just says “ETOILE DE FRANCE” ( = star of France ).
So this emblem could come from anywhere, for example from the aviation industry. However, it is the type designation of the DARMONT Etoile de France, which was produced in 1933 to 1937.

The French national colors red, white and blue were used in the emblem.

Size	c. 7.0 cm x  8.0 cm
Year	1933 - 1937
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backside without makers mark

The first vehicles built by DARMONT still had the normal MORGAN emblem on the radiator shell

Size	10.2 cm x 3.2 cm
Year	1922 -
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The first own DARMONT emblem was als black and white but quite simple:

Size	9.2 cm x 2.4 cm
Year	c. 1922 -
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Later the  DARMONT letters became yellow:

Size	10.2 cm x 3.6 cm
Year	c 1930 -
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It looks like an advertisement for MORGAN but it is for the French built DARMONT:

DARMONT SPECIAL  seen in a German museum

Size	6.0 cm x 5.0 cm
Year	1919 -1939
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For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).

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