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Description: | This 'winged wheel' device was first used by the London General Omnibus Company (L.G.O.C.) in 1905. From 1910 it was also used for cap badges like this one. It superseded a brass badge in the form of the word 'General', the term used when referring to the L.G.O.C.
The winged wheel of Hermes is a mythological symbol associated with safe travel. The device was first used on the sides of motorbuses and in the publicity material and is an early forerunner of the modern roundel logo. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 1909 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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