Fine German Car Rally Badges

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PAIR OF FINE GERMAN CAR BADGES

THE BEST
GERMAN
CAR BADGES
WE HAVE
FOUND IN
OVER 25
YEARS!

The German tradition of placing beautifully made badges on automobiles to commemorate special events is almost as old as automobiles themselves. Such badges were often made to fit on a bar between the front bumper and the headlights, or were sometimes bolted directly to the sheet metal of a car or motorcycle as shown above. Badges came in all sizes from small to large and in a range of quality from cheap to very, very fine. Over the years we have bought and sold hundreds of vintage German car badges but the two big event badges we offer here are the very best we have ever found.

AVUS BERLIN 4th Grunewald Rally
1956

This big 3-1/4 x 3-3/4 inch, three piece die-struck metal badge has a crowned Berlin bear standing inside blue and gold rings above the emblem of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (ADAC). All colors on the badge are rendered in hard fired cloisonné (melted glass, not paint) with the exception of gold and the bronze colored bear. The mounting holes are 2-7/16 inches apart on center. The Avus is an extremely well-known Third Reich race course on the west side of the city of Berlin.

This splendid badge was made by one of Germany’s most prominent makers, Boerger & Co. in Berlin just ten years after the end of World War II. It is a superb badge in very good condition.

This rare 51 year old German car badge is offered for sale
for $275.00 delivered to any address in the United States.
We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.

SÜDBAYERISCHE
HEIMATFAHRT
(South Bavarian
Homeland Rally)
1970

This big 3-5/16 x 4-1/8 inch, three piece die-struck metal badge has a deeply detailed Bavarian state coat of arms on a gold field within a white band above the emblem of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (ADAC). All colors on the badge are rendered in hard fired cloisonné (melted glass, not paint) with the exception of the gold plating. The mounting holes are 3-5/8 inches apart on center.

The term “Gau” in Gau Südbayern (District of Southern Bavaria) is a carry-over from earlier times.

This splendid badge was made by one of Germany’s most prominent makers of Nazi orders and medals during the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler, Deschler of München (Munich), Germany. It is fine badge in very good condition.

This rare 37 year old German car badge is offered for sale
for $265.00 delivered to any address in the United States.
We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.

If you know anybody who owns a German car or motorcycle of the period,
they would love to know about this web page.
For Nazi era automotive material, click HERE.

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