Re: [CR]celeste NOW use of Coat of Arms

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
Subject: Re: [CR]celeste NOW use of Coat of Arms
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:11:00 +0000

Angel asked:
> Is Bianchi the only Italian bike manufacturer entitled to use the royal coat
> of arms? My friends at the Venetian gondola maker "Tramontin & Figli" can
> use the coat of arms, I believe, of the Royal House of Savoy on the basis
> of having supplied a gondola to King Emanuel. That struck me as being a very
> big deal.

Yes, they were the only ones then entitled to use it. They have however obviously stopped using it since the demise of the Kingdom in the 40's. This is an important difference between pre and post war Bianchi city bikes (roadsters) where there weren't very many other differences.

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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ