CORVETTE INSIGNIA

[JIM BOLTZ]

HELLO TO ALL........HERE IS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED.....WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE CROSSED FLAGS ON THE INSIGNIA OF THE CORVETTE AND WHAT DO THE DIFFERENT PARTS REPRESENT ?........HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS.....NOTICED THAT THE CROSSED FLAG INSIGNIA HAD A DIFFERENT CREST ON ONE OF THE FLAGS DIFFERENT THAN OF THE ONE FOR THE IMPALA....ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STORY BEHIND BOTH....THANKS FOR YOUR TIME............JIM BOLTZ.....STERLING, KANSAS.........

[Duke W.]

Fleur-de-lis

The red flag is called the Fleur-de-lis. It dates back to the middle ages and is a battle ensign of the Kings of France.

Duke

P.S. As a courtesy would you please type future posts in lower case.

[Christopher R.]

Re: Fleur-de-lis

France. Shev-row-lay.

Get it?

[Duke W.]

Charlemagne's ride

It is said that Charlemagne drove a Corvette, but only in fair weather.
When it rained, he rode a horse.

Duke

[Gerry Proctor]

Perhaps he sailed in one, instead of rode.

But then, it would have been an English ship, so perhaps not.

[Robert C.]

Re: Fleur-de-lis

I always wondered what the Fleur-de-lis signafied as well as the three dashes below it on the right side of the red flag.Does anyone know the correct answer?
The left side is half of the "Bowtie". I have seen an early designed badge that used an American flag on one side.

[Don G.]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA

Although I can't recall, the source, I heard the original insignia that was planned included an American flag but it was changed at the last minute because the flag cannot be used for commerial purposes. If true, there was probably a scramble to redesign on very short notice.

[Reba 8804]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA

I think you are correct. There is an example of this first design with the flag in the National Corvette Museum.

[Grant M.]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA

There are still 'corvettes' in some navies of the world, many of which also have a rank: 'capitaine de corvette', which is roughly equivalent to a USN lieutenant-commander. I'm not a naval historian, but I think you might find that the first use of the designation 'corvette' was by the French navy. It just may be that the fleur-de-lys was applied to the emblem to relate the chosen name to that background.

grant

[Terry M.]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA *TL*

I believe the fleur-de-lis has more to do with the Chevrolet brothers than Corvette. The French heritage relates to them.

I once saw a whole story on the Corvette logo, but I can not now remember where. I read it someplace, an old Corvette News perhaps? I believe there is a display at the National Corvette Museum that has something about it as well. I know that they have the emblem from the Motorama car with the American flag on display. There may be material in that display that deals with the rest of the heraldry.

Terry

[Wayne W.]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA

And in the Confederate army three bars is the designation for a Captain. Sounds good to me.

[Art A.]

Re: CORVETTE INSIGNIA

The original design (the one in the NCM which was researched by John Amgwert) did have an American flag as one of the crossed flags, however it was decided by GM in NY, at the last minute, that an American flag was not appropriate. The designer that had brought the emblem to NY,to be put on the show car, redesigned it in his hotel and used the wall paper in that room as a pattern guide for the fleur de lis!!!!!!!!!!!

Art