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"Rolls-Royce Ltd. was an English company in the automotive and aeronautical sector and active under this name until the English government, then owner of the entire British automotive sector, decided in 1973 to separate the automotive activities, which were prosperous and towed the entire industrial group, from the aeronautical ones, activities that were, however, in crisis due to the development of the RB211 jet engine; thus the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars were born for the automotive sector, while the Rolls-Royce Royce Ltd. continued the development and production of aero engines.Rolls-Royce Ltd was officially founded on 15 March 1906 and its foundations, however, were laid on 4 May 1904 thanks to the agreement reached by the aristocrat Charles Rolls and the engineer Sir Henry Royce The meeting was arranged in Manchester by Enerst Claremont, Royce's partner in Royce Ltd, at which meeting it was agreed that Rolls would sell exclusively va the automobiles designed and built by Royce. The agreement reached between two opposing personalities, Rolls and Royce, soon led to the creation of the company which is still today synonymous with quality and reliability, principles on which the British car manufacturer has always been based and which derive from the spasmodic and constant research of the perfection of Sir. Henry Royce. The first car produced under the Rolls-Royce name is the 1904 10hp model with chassis no. 20152, car in all respects the same as the first Royce automobile already designed by Henry Royce in 1903 except for the shape of the radiator, the Royce had a rectangular shaped radiator while the Rolls-Royce 10hp had the upper part of the radiator triangular, a shape that will later be one of the distinctive symbols of Rolls-Royce; the 10hp is also the first car to have the first emblem, the emblem was a double R engraved in the radiator. The first badges with brass finish and mounted on Rolls-Royce radiators, however, began to be used starting from 1905 and until the introduction of the classic Greek-style radiator with chrome finish installed on Rolls-Royce automobiles produced from GTB22 chassis.
The coat of arms is preserved, unrestored and in perfect condition like new and as shown in the photos, however there are slight signs of aging compatible with the use made and with the 100 or more years of the object, the writing Rolls and Royce and the double R are in the classic red color, a color used until 1933 when black was used. On the back is the code "RK. 18357"
Extremely rare item, almost impossible to find in perfect condition.
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