Scarce Automovil Club Argentino Car Badge. c.1940s (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items)

Scarce Automovil Club Argentino Car Badge. c.1940s

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Scarce car badge made for the Automóvil Club Argentino (Automobile Club of Argentina). Dating from the late 1940s.

This very attractive anodised aluminium badge incorporates an early motor car wheel against a cogged wheel and a rising sun. It bears the name of the motoring organisation, "Automovil Club Argentino" and its affiliations, "F.I.A., A.I.T. & F.I.A.C." Length : 106.5mm. Good condition (some ageing, one bolt missing from back of badge).

The Automóvil Club Argentino (A.C.A.) was founded on June 11, 1904, by Dalmiro Varela Castex, who in 1892 had imported the country's first registered automobile, a Daimler, and in 1894 its second (a De Dion-Bouton). The ACA oversaw the first recorded Argentine auto racing event, in 1906, and became a member of the International Automotive Federation in 1926.

For more information on the Automovil Club Argentino, pleasce click on the link below:

Automovil Club Argentino

Inventory No. M-369

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