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coldplugs

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I'll be selling a badge collection and am trying to identify this one so I can describe it properly.

Does anyone know if it's somehow tied to Mercedes or Porsche or someone like Karmann? Or is is just a city crest?

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From Wikipedia:

"In fact, the Porsche badge, as seen on the front of Porsche cars has this town's name in the centre of the badge, something that is unique amongst the world's vehicle makers. A theory even suggests that also the Ferrari logo "Cavallino Rampante" had its origin in the Stuttgart coat-of-arms. Stuttgart is the place where the motorbike and the four-wheeled automobile were invented (invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz...."
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Thanks everyone. I've been to Stuttgart many times on business and have seen the emblem frequently but I really thought I'd remembered seeing it used by a car or body manufacturer. Must have been thinking of Porsche.

(I contacted Rick Malstead a while back about these emblems & he was only interested in MG related badges, which none of these are.)
 
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