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  • #391476

    I am not familiar with the early stuff. Is the badge shown in the link for a Great Arrow Radiator? Either way, please educate me.

    Thanks,

    John

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-PIERCE-ARROW-AUTOMOBILE-BRASS-EMBLEM-RADIATOR-BADGE-/281802940655?hash=item419cc3a0ef&vxp=mtr

    #400395

    G’day John


    Looks by the pin on the back for a badge clip to be fairly modern cap or hat badge.

    #412762

    I was wondering about that piece also. It’s funny how one gets a “feel” for an object, whether or not it’s a genuine piece of Pierce memorabilia.

    For some reason, this item “feels” wrong. It doesn’t look right for a radiator badge, it’s too big (2 inches across) for a pin, from the pictures it looks like an imperfect casting (the details aren’t sharp)…

    Interesting to know if someone can positively identify it…

    #400397

    I agree it doesn’t have the right look of feel. Stuff that early is out of my normal area of interest, but I still like to look and pick up new information.

    #400401

    It looks to be the center that would be added to the caps on a Great Arrow that somebody has converted to a pin of some sort.

    #400403

    I agree with Ed–it looks too “Cheap”” finished for a quality original Pierce item.”

    #400404

    What about a truck radiator or chassis or something?

    #400407

    It is a cast replica of an early hubcap center first used in the 1903, two cylinder models. It was still in use in 1906. For a close up of the original, please look at Arrow 13-3, page 11. Note that the original is die stamped brass.

    #400409

    Thank you all for your input. Like others have mentioned, I just didn’t know what to make of the part.

    #400412

    For a view of an original hubcap, please see the link below (1903 Pierce at the Hershey auction)

    http://www.rmsothebys.com/hf15/hershey/lots/1903-pierce-fourth-model-stanhope/1077997

    #400424

    Interesting photos, John.

    It would seem to me that all that nickel plating should be brass.

    Bill

    #400416

    I’d be willing to bet the nickel plating is correct. Remember, Pierce was making bicycles, which have plenty of plating, so it would be a continuance of that practice….

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