ATELIERS GERMAIN / Monceau sur Sombre / Belgium ( 1898 - 1914 )
La Société anonyme des Ateliers GERMAINS was founded in 1897 and presented their first automobile in 1898, based on with the help of DAIMLER and PANHARD LEVASSOR. (1898 - 1914). After World War I, the company focused on streetcars and railcars.
To my knowledge an emblem wasn't used until the 1907/08 model. Since regular automobile production ceased at the start of World War I, emblems from this brand are extremely hard to find.
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| The two letters “AG” (standing for Ateliers Germain) appear in the small blue circle within the emblem. |
Size
| 4.5 cm
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Year
| 1913 -
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Estimate
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| 1913 GERMAIN showing the emblem above |
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| 1903 / 1905 brochure for the STANDARD (I added the emblem for exposition purposes) |
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| The 1912 GERMAIN did not yet have an emblem |
Only a few vehicles of ATELIERS GERMAIN have survived and I couldn't find any surviving vehicles with the emblem shown above, only the black-and-white photo from 1913. But there was a drawing of the 1913 emblem, which was made by the Swedish boy Gustaf Moeller back in the 1920s. Gustaf lived near the ferry port in Helsingborg / Sweden and drew the emblems of the waiting cars there. What a great hobby that still helps and delights us a hundred years later:
The last GERMAIN 20CV model used a sleeve valve engine from the British company Daimler, licensed by Charles Knight. For more information about car makers with Charles Knight engines and emblems please click here!
For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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