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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. In the history of Rolls-Royce Ltd the automobile market of the United States of America has always played an important role both for sales and above all because between 1921 and 1931 the Rolls-Royce of America plant in Springfield produced very "special" the so-called "Springfield Rolls-Royce". Claude Johnson, the true "Business Man" of Rolls-Royce Ltd and also known as the hyphen between the word Rolls and Royce, immediately understood the potential offered by the United States of America and decided, in 1906, that Rolls- Royce would participate in auto racing and exhibit his cars at the 'New York Auto Show' later that year. Charles Rolls who was also an excellent driver seized the opportunity and together with T.O. Smith, his trusted friend, the mechanic Reginald Macready and three Rolls-Royce 30HP sailed from Liverpool to New York then participating in the "Empire City Track" where he finished second. The US "expedition" was a success and all the cars were sold, the times were not, however, ripe for the opening of a factory, times that matured, however, in 1919 when Claude Johnson again decided to open the first American factory . In 1921 the Springfield factory produced the first Rolls-Royces equal to the cars produced in the United Kingdom but which were then "replaced" by the Springfield Rolls-Royces which were different from the English Rolls-Royces in terms of mechanical components and above all in the bodywork and interior finishes, this motif it was dictated by the need to reduce production costs and to make spare parts easier to find. In the approximately 10 years of activity, the Springfield factory produced only 2994 Rolls-Royce Phantom I before ceasing production and definitively closing its doors together with Rolls-Royce of America in 1931 only after changing, however, the company name because the Rolls-Royce Ltd. would never have accepted that the Rolls-Royce brand could be associated with any kind of corporate failure."
The crest features the double R and the Rolls and Royce writings in dark red; the red color for the letters and the inscription of the coat of arms was used until 1933 when it was replaced by the black color as a sign of mourning for the death of Henry Royce. The badge is compatible with the badges fitted to the front bumper of Rolls-Royce Phantom I manufactured at the Springfield factory between 1929 and 1931 when the front bumper consisting of a single tubular bar was replaced by a double flat bar. References and photographs of the badges mounted on the front bumpers are present in DeCampi's book "Rolls-Royce of America" where it is reported that these badges are different from those mounted on the radiators of American Rolls-Royces as well as for the lack of the reference to the office patents also due to the greater thickness, exactly like the coat of arms in the photograph.
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 almost 100 years of the object.
Extremely rare item, almost impossible to find in perfect condition.
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