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Fabrique Nationale 1897 Poster — Cycles de Luxe and Chainless Cycles
Source: Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France), ark:/12148/btv1b9003712v, via the Wikimedia Commons copy
About this document
| Marque | Fabrique Nationale |
|---|---|
| Type | Poster |
| Year | 1897 (estimated) |
| Publisher | Lith. A. Bénard, Liège |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Pages | 1 |
| Source | Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France), ark:/12148/btv1b9003712v, via the Wikimedia Commons copy |
| Credit | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Identifier | Gallica (BnF) ark:/12148/btv1b9003712v |
| Transcription | Transcribed by eye |
Transcription
FABRIQUE NATIONALE D'ARMES DE GUERRE HERSTAL-LIÈGE (BELGIQUE) FN, with two crossed rifles — GRAND PRIX BRUXELLES 1897 CYCLES de LUXE and CHAINLESS CYCLES LITH. A. BÉNARD, LIÈGE.
Read the full transcription (1 page)
— Poster —
FABRIQUE NATIONALE
D’ARMES DE GUERRE
HERSTAL-LIÈGE
(BELGIQUE)
[In the round gold badge:] FN, with two crossed rifles — GRAND PRIX BRUXELLES 1897
CYCLES de LUXE
and
CHAINLESS
CYCLES
[A monogram at the lower right.]
[Printed up the left margin:] LITH. A. BÉNARD, LIÈGE.
[A fair woman in a white gown and a winged helmet sits in profile holding the round gold FN badge together with a sheaf of ears of wheat, and rests her other hand on a bicycle crank and chainwheel at the right. The lettering is red and blue.]
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