RadiatorEmblems

This page is dedicated to pre war car emblems and interesting post war emblems I want to present to you the most beautiful and the most rarest emblems on this page. To my knowledge the first enameled radiator emblem was on the Georges Richard1903. From this time on thousands of these nice artifacts were mounted on the radiator to identify the car. If you send me a picture from your favorite emblems I´ll post them with a comment. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jun 29, 2025

RYJAN / FRANCE

RYJAN / CHATOU / NANTERRE / FRANCE ( 1920 - 1926 )

Not much is known about the French car manufacturer that built cars from 1920 to 1926.
In the net you find that there is still one car left. But that car shows no emblem.
In 1925 the company moved from Chatou to Nanterre.
My emblem should be from the last model that used a 2 litre engine made by ALTOS.
I had to buy the whole radiator to get this rare and large emblem.

Size	4.0 cm x 10.0 cm
Year	1920 - 1926
Estimate

source: Archives de la Somme Guerr 1402 lot 1 media 2

source: Archives de la Somme Guer 1402 lot 1 media 1

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I started collecting radiator emblems in 1976. I remember this clearly because I had to give my first car to the local scrapyard. It was a still nice looking Volkswagen squareback. The scrapyard director was interested in my car and I was interested in the emblems of all cars in the field. So a deal was made. And I went home with a bucket full of emblems. Later I've been on swap meets all around the world. I started buying emblems on Ebay in 1999. From this time on prices became comparable for the first time. This made it possible for me to invent a five-star system to categorize emblems based on their rarity and value.This table is applicable for original emblems in a good but not perfect shape. Not for reproductions.

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	A common pre-war emblem from a mass producer like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler etc. Value: 0$ - 50$
	Still a well known car but no high production quantities. Value: 50$ - 200$
	Here it starts with the highly collectible emblems. Value: 200$ - 500$
	A very rare and very desirable emblem. You have to look years to find one of these. Value: 500$ - 800$
	An ultra rare piece. Prices are sometimes 800$ and more.

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