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Cadillac Emblems, Badges, and Decals

 

Cadillac uses as its emblem the arms of Antoine de La Mothe, seigneur de Cadillac, born in Gascony on March 5, 1656 of minor nobility. He founded Detroit in 1701, and was governor of Louisiana. His arms were: Quarterly, 1 and 4: Or a fess between three martlets sable, 2 and 3: quarterly gules and argent three bars azure. The count's coronet is fanciful, as was often the case in 17th and 18th c. France. Cadillac was formed from the Henry Ford Company upon Henry Ford's departure. With the intent of liquidating the firm's assets, Ford's financial backers, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen called in engineer Henry M. Leland to appraise the plant and equipment prior to selling them. Instead, Leland persuaded them to continue in the automobile business. Henry Ford's departure required a new name, and on August 22, 1902, the company reformed as the Cadillac Automobile Company.

 

Emblem Mart: CADILLAC: 6200 ~ ALLANTE ~ ATS ~ BROUGHAM ~ CALAIS ~ CATERA ~ CIMARRON ~ COUPE DE VILLE ~ CT4 ~ CT4-V ~ CT5 ~ CT6 ~ CT6-V ~ CTS ~ CTS-V ~ DTS ~ ELDORADO ~ ELR ~ ESCALADE ~ FLEETWOOD ~ FLEETWOOD 75 ~ FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM ~ FLEETWOOD LIMOUSINE ~ SEDAN DE VILLE ~ SERIES 60 ~ SERIES 61 ~ SERIES 62 ~ SERIES 65 ~ SERIES 75 ~ SEVILLE ~ SRX ~ STS ~ XLR ~ XT4 ~ XT5 ~ XT6 ~ XTS ~ ALL

 

Cadillac Emblems, Badges and Decals

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