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 FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jan 13, 2026

JEAN GRAS / LYON / FRANCE

JEAN GRAS / LYON / FRANCE ( 1924 - 1930 )

Jean Gras founded an automobile factory in Lyon in 1924, taking over the PHILOS factory and using his own name as brand name like many other car maker at the time.

Initially, only vehicles with 4-cylinder engines were offered; from around 1926/27, 6-cylinder models were also available.

Production was discontinued in 1930 after around 200 vehicles had been built, so every Jean Gras emblem is a hard to find item.

Size	4.2 cm x 6.5 cm
Year	1920- 1928
Estimate

backside without makers mark ( as usual in France )

source: Archives de la Somme Guer 1343 med 3

Yes, we are proud of our radiator, because it is the face of every vehicle. That is what this ad is telling me.

source: Archives de la Somme GUER 1343 med 1

JEAN GRAS radiator from my collection

For more information about the predecessor PHILOS please click here.

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

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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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