Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

Four Antique American Car or Automobile Association & Membership Grill Badges

About the Item

This grouping of four metal automobile grill badges are all unmarked with respect to their respective maker, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1935 and later. The two enameled badges are presumed to be earlier than the two 'Motorade" painted ones and all show wear consistent with age and use. These badges once adorned the front grills of cars to indicate the owner's membership in the identified automobile association.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)Width: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)Depth: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 4
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Metal,Cold-Painted,Enameled
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1935
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. All four badges in this grouping show wear and fading as presented in the photos and consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Hamilton, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1355220741962

More From This Seller

View All
1930 Royal Automobile Club Associate British Enameled Radiator Cap Car Badge
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Royal Automobile Club Associate car badge was made by the Patent Die Assoc. Co. of London in presumably 1929 in London England in the period...
Category

Early 20th Century English Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Pair of Antique South African Railway Cast Iron Locomotive Plaques or Badges
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial pair of cast and cold-painted locomotive identification plaques show no foundry marks, but are presumed to have been cast in South Africa in circa 1910. Th...
Category

Early 20th Century South African Edwardian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

Antique Jos. Lucas King of the Road Model 634 Brass Automobile Kerosene Lantern
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brass automobile lantern was made by the Jos. Lucas Company of Birmingham England in approximately 1900 in the period Edwardian style. This ...
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Lanterns

Materials

Brass

Canadian WW1 21st Regiment Soldier's Uniform Buttons, Badges & Medals Grouping
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This grouping of some three dozen WW1 items come from the estate of CPL. D.C Stewart who served in the Infantry of the 21st Regiment of the Canadian Armed Fo...
Category

Early 20th Century Canadian Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

Antique Dazey Commercial Industrial Churn or Mixer with Toleware Decoration USA
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique commercial churn or mixer was made by the Dazey Manufacturing Company of St. Louis in approximately 1920 in a period Art Deco style. The frame and gear mechanism of the ...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique English Horse Jumping or Steeplechase 9 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch or Pin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brooch or pin is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The pin is composed of nine karat yellow gold with a glass medallion in the center portraying a man dressed in classic period attire mounted on a jumping horse. The medallion is hand-crafted and either reverse painted, or enameled and mounted to the bezel. The bezel is marked on the back for nine karat gold...
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Gold

You May Also Like

Large Vintage Automobile Heavy Brass Car Horn
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early automobile mounted brass horn. This horn stamped Made in India, is polished with beautiful curves and long reed. It does not have the original b...
Category

Vintage 1950s Indian Industrial Musical Instruments

Materials

Brass

American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
By Rizoli International Publications
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers by C. Edson Armi. This title provides in-depth examinations of the creative process behind more than 30 c...
Category

20th Century American American Classical Books

Materials

Paper

Italian Silver Set of Rare and High Quality 11 Miniature Cars / Automobiles
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary assortment of Italian silver miniature cars (either continental 0.800 or sterling 0.25 silver), rendered with exquisite details and movabl...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Machine Age Industrial Wooden Foundry Mold for a Chrome Car Grill, France, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Architectural wooden foundry mold for the industrial car industry in the 50s, now a decorative machine age object for a modern interior. Foundry molds and patterns are wooden tools,...
Category

Vintage 1950s French Industrial Architectural Models

Materials

Wood

MERCEDES BENZ 1966 Royal London Car Radiator Grill Desk Petrol Lighter Lacquered
By MERCEDES BENZ
Located in Miami, FL
Table petrol lighter designed by Mercedes Benz. This is a beautiful petrol desk lighter, created for the Royal London Limited, back in the 1966. The desk lighter has been crafted in...
Category

Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel, Steel

Antique 1868 German Catholic Journeymen Association Embroidered Flag 71"
Located in Dayton, OH
An antique circa 1868 German Catholic heraldic Flag. Front reads: Katholischer Gesellen Verein (Catholic Journeymen Association) / Gegrundet 1868 (Fo...
Category

Antique 1860s Late Victorian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Recently Viewed

View All