Re: [CR]Re: Masi headbadge

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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:57:26 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Masi headbadge
To: alan <worthy2@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <41B4891D.9020904@earthlink.net>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


--- alan wrote:


>
> >
> > 1. Masi head badge/decal
> >
> >Anybody,
> >On this '64 Masi:
>
>www.bates-lee.com/masi/rs62masi/rsachsmasispecial03.jpg
> >And again here:
> >www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Masi/Masi_main.html
> >What is everything? The red stuff? The white stuff?
> >The blue(turquoise) stuff? And is that a sword or
> >dagger hidden behind the white stuff? What's it all
> >supposed to SAY?
> >Joe Starck,
> >masidon,wi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >__________________________________
> >
> Well, I'll take a guess at it based on nothing more
> than my very limited
> knowledge of Heraldry:
> This is a coat of arms, often mistakenly referred to
> as a crest, though
> it's so highly stylized it may not bear any
> resemblance to the original,
> if there ever was one. The blue shield bears an
> elaborate red
> fleur-de-lis, this as I recall the symbol of
> Florence, not Milan.
> (Milans being the "Cross of St. George", red on a
> white field). The
> white elements symbolize flowing fabric, think silk
> scarves or
> pennants/flags, that sort of thing...the "dagger"
> may be a dagger, may
> just be a diamond or "lozenge",

On the decal it's blue, and the handle appears as a blue diamond, but on the badge, it's silver, as is what would then be the silver cross-guard also. joe starck, masidon,wi

I don't know. The
> family name MASI
> should appear below the shield in a banner if at
> all, not within the
> shield. The whole thing is so redrawn I suspect it's
> got nothing to do
> with any real Masi family coat of arms, but who
> know...I'm sure that one
> of you do! Just for point of reference, compare this
> to the Cinelli coat
> of arms on his headbadge, or to the Alfa-Romeo badge
> which contains the
> red cross of Milan on one half of the shield.
> Alan Goldsworthy
> San Francisco, CA
> (my coat of arms available by special request, only
> :c)
>
> >
> >
> >
>
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