France Motor Cycles March 1955 Advertisement — The four great marques Griffon, Trophée de France, Météore and Aiglon, with bicycles first among the machines listed

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F.M.C.

Les
4
grandes
marques
de la

FRANCE
MOTOR
CYCLES

MANDEURE
(DOUBS)

GRIFFON
TROPHÉE DE FRANCE
MÉTÉORE
AIGLON

PRODUCTION DE QUALITÉ !

Bicyclettes
Bicyclettes à moteur
Vélomoteurs · Motocyclettes
Scooters · Trimoteurs

[A full-panel advertisement printed in red and black on a cream ground, with a red border around the whole panel. Across the top, “F.M.C.” stands in enormous condensed capitals in cream with a heavy black shadow offset to the right and below, the letters overlapping each other against the red field. Beneath them a tilted cream quadrilateral holds the rest of the text, and a black shield-shaped panel hangs from the lettering on the left of it. Inside the shield the four brand names Griffon, Trophée de France, Météore and Aiglon are set one under another in heavy cream sans-serif capitals, with the small word “de” raised between the two words of the second name. To the right of the shield, “Les 4 grandes marques de la” is set in a brushed script for the words “Les”, “grandes” and “marques”, with a bold black “4” and a light roman “de la”. The firm’s name “FRANCE MOTOR CYCLES” follows in tall narrow red capitals, and the town “MANDEURE (DOUBS)” in light spaced black capitals below it. A slanted black rule crosses the lower part of the panel with “PRODUCTION DE QUALITÉ !” lettered in brush capitals along it, tilted upward to the right. Below the rule, the product list is set in right-aligned roman type. There is no drawing of a machine. In the lower right corner of the red border sits a small signature monogram inside a rounded outline, which reads as a cursive S or B joined to a B and is not clearly legible.]