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16 badges and head tube transfers from bikes I've owned, grouped by maker. Tap a photo to see it larger.

Raleigh (6)Hercules (6)Sun (1)Royal Enfield (1)Gary Fisher (1)Motobecane (1)

The words on a badge, such as the maker's name and town, are one clue when dating a bike. Our guide How old is my bike? shows how to put the clues together. Captions say only what can be read on each badge.

Photos: Garry Gregory. Know a badge we haven't identified, or have a badge we don't? Tell us.

Raleigh

More on the maker on the Raleigh page.

Raleigh heron head badge reading The Raleigh, Nottingham England
Raleigh head badge: 'The Raleigh, Nottingham England'.
Worn Raleigh heron head badge beginning The Ra, beside rusty brake rods
Worn heron badge beside the brake rods.
Raleigh heron head badge reading Nottingham England on a black frame, above a gold-coloured calliper brake
Raleigh head badge and a gold-coloured brake.
Raleigh heron head badge reading Raleigh, Nottingham England, on a blue frame
Head badge: Raleigh, Nottingham England.
Raleigh heron head badge on a black head tube, above a front reflector
Head badge, Nottingham England.
Square headlamp above a cream head tube panel with a Raleigh heron badge
Headlamp and head badge.

Hercules

More on the maker on the Hercules page.

Hercules head badge with an orange H monogram, marked Britannia Wks, Birmingham, on a black frame
Hercules head badge marked Britannia Wks, Birmingham.
Worn, rusty Hercules head badge marked Britannia Wks on a black frame
A worn Hercules head badge marked Britannia Wks.
Hercules head badge with a red HC monogram, reading Hercules Cycle and Motor Co, Nottingham, England
Head badge: Hercules Cycle & Motor Co, Nottingham, England.
Hercules head badge transfer with an orange HC monogram and a small bicycle drawing, marked Nottingham England
Head badge marked Nottingham, England.
Round transfer with a yellow H on green, reading The Hercules Cycle and Nottingham, England, on a red tube
Hercules transfer marked Nottingham, England.
Hercules HC head badge on a red head tube
Hercules head badge on a red frame.

Sun

More on the maker on the Sun page.

Sun head badge with a rising sun above the word SUN, and Nottingham down the middle
Sun head badge marked Nottingham.

Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield head badge with a crown and a field gun, marked Birmingham
Royal Enfield head badge, Birmingham.

Gary Fisher

More on the maker on the Gary Fisher page.

Orange head tube with a diamond-shaped Gary Fisher transfer
Head tube transfer.

Motobecane

Blue head tube with an M head transfer, a chrome mudguard and a black dynamo headlamp
Head transfer and headlamp.
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