France Motor Cycles 1955 Advertisement — Griffon, Trophée de France, Météore and Aiglon, from the Bicycle to the Motorcycle

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F.M.C

GRIFFON
TROPHÉE DE FRANCE
MÉTÉORE
AIGLON

les
4
grandes
marques
de la

FRANCE
MOTOR
CYCLES

MANDEURE
(DOUBS)

PRODUCTION DE QUALITÉ !

Bicyclettes
Bicyclettes à moteur
Vélomoteurs – Motocyclettes
Scooters – Trimoteurs

[A full-page advertisement printed in green and black on cream, with no drawing. A tilted cream panel lies over a solid green ground. Across the head “F.M.C” stands in huge narrow cream capitals outlined in black with a heavy black drop shadow, the letters breaking out of the panel into the green. Below the initials hangs a black shield, edged with a green offset shadow, carrying the four marques in reversed cream sans-serif capitals: “GRIFFON,” “TROPHÉE DE FRANCE” with a small “DE” set between the words, “MÉTÉORE” and “AIGLON.” To the right “les 4 grandes marques” is set in black script with a large roman “4,” then “de la” in roman and “FRANCE MOTOR CYCLES” in tall condensed green capitals, with “MANDEURE (DOUBS)” in small black capitals beneath. “PRODUCTION DE QUALITÉ !” runs uphill across the panel in black hand-lettered italic capitals, the first letters falling on the green, over a long black rule. The product list closes the panel at the lower right in a black roman face. A small monogram in a narrow octagonal frame, a curved stroke over a “B,” sits in the green at the lower right corner; it is not a Rebour mark. A faint gray smudge of lettering shows below the shield.]