Info found on the net. "On Feb. 10, 1953, Ford Motor Company officials announced that the Ford crest introduced on its 1950 cars was derived by Ford stylists from an authentic coat of arms which dates back to 18th century England. The colorful shield-like crest had F-O-R-D in block letters above three golden lions on triangular fields of red, white and blue, separated by a black chevron with gold spheres. Although company founder Henry Fords ancestral roots go back to Ireland and, before that, Englands Devonshire region, the crest introduced three years after his death belonged to an unrelated Ford family."
Re-read the 'press release'...........the part that says "that the Ford crest that was introduced on it's 1950 cars..........." Ray
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