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[Ray White]

I noticed a crest on the rear doors of this Mark V1 Bentley (H.J. Mulliner aluminium lightweight saloon) and as it is not something that we ever discuss I thought it would be interesting to investigate more.


https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1860812

I contacted the owner but he claimed not to know to whom the crest referred. This seemed a bit odd to me so I have been searching Google Images... but to no avail.

I am just curious.

[Penman]

Hi
I wonder if a photo to https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ would elicit a helpful reply.
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

[Rootes75]

I must say that looks very much like the Swedish coat of arms.
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Various Rootes Vehicles.

[Ray White]

[Ray White]

[Penman]

Thinking about this some more you could also try using the Google Reverse Images search function.
You just drag and drop the image into this page https://images.google.com/
it is a good way to check whether anyone has half inched any of your photos, or to see if an ebay sale has been copied by somebody for nefarious reasons.
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

[Ray White]

The more I think about this the more I am leaning towards a film prop. As I say, it would not likely be a genuine Royal crest as anything with a crown would have been removed before sale.

It could, of course, be something made up by a previous owner with ideas above their station. For example, when I worked in Addlestone, I recall a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce Silver Shadow with tinted glass and a cypher on the side that belonged to a Mr Ho..... He owned a chain of Chinese restaurants.