Schwinn Headbadges

[rickyd]

Wondered what the I WILL badge was from motorbike? Thanks Rick

 

[cyclingday]

I got the "I Will" badge from an estate clean out that was being sold off on eBay. Unfortunately, I didn't get any information about its origins so I can only speculate on it's age, but by it's design, it appears to be from the late 1890s.
The original name chosen for the bicycle company was, "The World"
My assumption is, that the words "I Will" on the Headbadge, begin the sentence,
"I Will build the best bicycles in The World."


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[onecatahula]

Here are a few uncommon ones:

 

[rigid76]

Oh my, here I thought the Mission badge was so rare, now I see 3 of them today. With that being said maybe somebody here might give one up to me

 

[cyclingday]

The Mission badge was reproduced to near exact detail.
Contact Nostalgic Reflections.
They have made most of the desireable headbadges.

 

[catfish]

How rare is the Mission badge? Either way I want one bad!

I've owned at least ten of them.

 

[catfish]

Does this one make the top 10?View attachment 195108

One of my favorite Schwinn badges, but not very rare.

 

[catfish]

Pete,
I'm not even close to being a king in the badge collectors world. I know of about 4 and I think their are many more that a lot of us don't even know exist. I've gotten most of my badges from my mentors. All of my favorites are not Schwinn, in fact I'm so green I have to ask them if a badge is Schwinn or not. The collection I would like to see most is Catfish's current collection. I would pay admission fees. Here are a few of mine that I randomly grabbed, not necessarily my favorites.

Kim, Very nice of you to say, but most of my rare Schwinn badges have found their way to the collections of true Schwinn collectors like your self. I might still have a few that are near and dear to me, but not as many as I use too.

Catfish

 

[onecatahula]

Oh my, here I thought the Mission badge was so rare, now I see 3 of them today. With that being said maybe somebody here might give one up to me

Here's a repop Mission Badge for ya:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111516175357?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[cyclingday]

Wondered what the I WILL badge was from motorbike? Thanks Rick

I think it probably was on something like this.

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