France Motor Cycles May 1953 Advertisement — The four great marques of the F.M.C.: Griffon, Trophée de France, Météore and Aiglon, bicycles first, on the back cover

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GRIFFON
TROPHÉE DE FRANCE
MÉTÉORE
AIGLON

les 4
grandes marques
de la

F.M.C

• BICYCLETTES
• BICYCLETTES A MOTEUR
• VÉLOMOTEURS
• MOTOCYCLETTES
• TRIMOTEURS
de qualité !

PRODUCTION DE LA
FRANCE MOTOR CYCLES

MANDEURE (DOUBS)

[A full-page back-cover advertisement printed in two colors, dark gray-black and a flat yellow-green, on cream paper, with no ruled frame. A tall green panel with a slanting upper edge and a rounded right side holds the four brand names, GRIFFON, TROPHÉE DE FRANCE, MÉTÉORE and AIGLON, in very large heavy sans-serif capitals in black with a pale offset shadow; the small word “DE” is set tiny between TROPHÉE and FRANCE. Below them “les 4 grandes marques de la” is lettered in a brush script in black, with a heavy brush stroke under “grandes”. A cream banner with a curved right edge and a thick black brushed stripe along its lower edge carries the list of five products in bold sans-serif capitals, each after a green round bullet, and “de qualité !” in green brush script with a green underline. At the right the initials “F.M.C” stand in very tall condensed capitals filled with a gray halftone dot screen and outlined in black, with two round gray dots for the full stops. They sit on top of a black rounded shield shape in which “PRODUCTION DE LA FRANCE MOTOR CYCLES” and “MANDEURE (DOUBS)” are set in light spaced capitals, separated by a small white star. A thin line with a small star runs out of the left side of the shield at its base. In the lower left corner of the green panel a small white octagonal cartouche holds a figure blowing a horn beside a letter B, which is an agency or printer’s mark and not an artist’s signature. There is no photograph and no other signature.]