What is this emblem?

[Theodor]

Hi guys, by chance, is this emblem familiar to you? I guess it may b not Romanian, but Czech or Polish? Do you know which manufacturer is this? Thanks!

[Treize]

What is that insignia on? Would make it much easier to find if we knew what we were looking for it on.

[Dénes]

AFAIK, the letter Š is used in the Czech and Slovak languages.

Gen. Dénes

[Treize]

I was thinking Czech myself, but not knowing what its shown on makes it a bit difficult to track down...

[Theodor]

It is on some kind of heater. Is it related to the aviation? I do no know, most likely not. Or maybe used in process of aircraft repair/mentainance? But maybe it was made by a factory that produced aviation equipment or even aircraft? The emblem is definitely aviation-related IMO. It is long a little more than 50 cm

[Brian]

I'm no expert, so.... This is just an semi-educated guess. The BS is maybe Brno Skoda (I believe there is an SP for Skoda Pilsen, so I would have expected SB, rather than BS). I don't know of any Skoda planes that had what appears to be a petrol burning heater! Another (uneducated) guess would be it is something like an engine warmer, or another bit of ground maintenance equipment. Is there any tubing/connectors? Mounting points?

The date is odd. I don't know of any Skoda planes under construction then that were used by the Romanians, but the Lublin R-XIII did have Skoda engines, and was produced around 1938. Apparently 17 were "withdrawn to Romania" in 1939. Not sure which models, and so they might not have had skoda engines.

Another possible but unlikely source... The PZL works WS-1 (Warsaw?) was the old Polish Skoda works, but that was nationalised in 1936. Maybe from there? But weren't the later PZLs in Romanian service built in Romania?

This post has been edited by Brian on May 13, 2008 10:56 pm

[Brian]

PLP might be related to

P????? Lotnictwo Polskie

for P???? Polish Airforce. My Polish is zero, maybe some kind Polish person could help? Please

[Grzegorz]

Rather not Polish, BS nor PLP doesn't conect with any Polish company.
Also "S" with a "bird" over it isn't used in Polish language.

BTW, isn't it kind of "soldering lamp" or other device for heating tarmac or old paint?
G.

This post has been edited by Grzegorz on May 16, 2008 02:06 pm

[Brian]

The S character I assume from Skoda. The Skoda name, even for the Polish Factory that was nationalised still have the 'bird' over the S.

And it could be this is part of a spirit cooker (with a grill or something placed over the top).



This post has been edited by Brian on May 16, 2008 08:42 pm