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Description: | Wall plaque commemorating Marc Birkigt, the founder of Hispano Suiza. Wooden rectangular plinth with silver metal plaque bearing the following inscription below the Bmarc flying stork logo. 'Marc Birkigt 1878 - 1953 Founder of the Hispano Suiza Company in 1904 and of the British Marc Ltd in 1938; creator of the first Hispano-Suiza motor car in 1904, of the first Hispano Suiza Aero Engine in 1915, of the first Hispano Suiza gun in 1934 and, during his lifetime, of many other outstanding devices.' This plinth and inscription was presumably intended to be displayed beneath the bust of the previous records. | Subjects: | Engineering Commemoratives Industry | Temporal: | 1878 - 1953 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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