Who made bicycle badges?

[sam]

Were there companies that specialized in making badges? Or were badges made by the bike factories, or both?
Did bicycle factories order badge dies from specialty makers?
I've seen badges that look very similar on different unrelated brands(not just different models).

 

[chitown]

S D Childs out of Chicago was the company behind these and who knows what others.

 

[fordsnake]

As mentioned Childs was one of the largest makers

But almost anyone could have their name designed and made.

 

[catfish]

There was also a place in Mass that made them. I don't have the info on the company.

 

[hoofhearted]

The D.L. Auld Co. of Columbus, Ohio made the cast, Davis-Dayton badge in the teen's-
era ... for the Dayton Motorcycle. Note the use of a rivet-feature to attach the ''bottle-cap'',
connecting-cone.

Same company also produced the heavy and stamped, early, Huffman-Dayton badge.

These are so-marked on back of badge. Have not seen other Davis / Huffman badges with the ''D.L. Auld Co.'' marking.


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[catfish]

More great info from Brother Patric!

 

[hoofhearted]

The Davis, Sear's-Chief badge is often stamped with
the manufacturer's mark.

Have never been able to decipher the letters .........

Sorry, no example handy ... maybe you gots one ...... ?


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[Andrew Gorman]

Waltham Dial Company made a lot of TOC enamel badges and inserts. I have some dies that came out of a large industrial jewelry house in Philadelphia- made a lot of badges, trophies, etc. I vaguely remember reading that the Wright Bros. badges were made by a jeweler in Dayton

 

[MrColumbia]

There was also a place in Mass that made them. I don't have the info on the company.

All the 30's - 70's badges used by Westfield/Columbia Mfg were made by a company right in Westfield Mass named Anderson and Sons. This company was also famous for making the metal "Perpetual Calendars, The re-pop Columbia badges were made my another Westfield company "Decorated Metals", just up the road from the old Anderson and Sons. Both companies are out of business now.

 

[catfish]

All the 30's - 70's badges used by Westfield/Columbia Mfg were made by a company right in Westfield Mass named Anderson and Sons. This company was also famous for making the metal "Perpetual Calendars, The re-pop Columbia badges were made my another Westfield company "Decorated Metals", just up the road from the old Anderson and Sons. Both companies are out of business now.

Thanks for the info! Too bad both places are no closed.

 

[MrColumbia]

Thanks for the info! Too bad both places are no closed.

The irony of it is that the owner of Decorated Metals, John Glaze was also my fathers landlord. He just died last year at about 100 years old.

Here is the perpetual calendars that Anderson and Sons made. They made them with any clients logo and are very popular on eBay.