What does this DeSoto medallion go to?

[MarcDeSoto]

The seller claims this medallion goes on a 46-48 DeSoto?  It looks similar the radiator medallion on my 48, but mine doesn't have a hole in it and has a different part number.  Is this maybe for a DeSoto Diplomat for Latin America and Australia?  

[chrysler1941]

It's your new belt buckle. ?

[Plymouthy Adams]

belt buckle indeed.......well if you have this and wish to sell it application would be a plus,  if you came across this and is not for your car...move along Betty nothing to see here.....but back to the belt buckle....I cannot see how anyone car wear those large belt buckles...they just not comfortable and will ruin the finish of your favorite ride...with the hole however, I would be looking at the trunk for a possible key port...not so much the front hood area...now of course this could be the wrong assumption...but hey, I can accept being wrong now and then about things that really are not important.

[Plymouthy Adams]

well for giggles I looked in my Mopar PDF master and found it listed as 1949 and lo and behold, FRONT

 

must have been for a James Bond export for machine gun application....what's the odds of me being wrong twice.....?

Edited April 15, 2021 by Plymouthy Adams

[ccudahy]

Hernando, bolts through the hole! For your '49 De Soto (2nd Series)

Edited April 15, 2021 by ccudahy

[Plymouthy Adams]

the book does not show a separate part number for ole Hernando...just the medallion 1252 676 and then the base the medallion 1254 985 sets on....so  James must have shot poor ole Hernando off the first time he deployed the gun...

[MarcDeSoto]

Thanks guys!  you made short work of that one!  I looked at the 49 DeSoto medallion, but the bust of Hernando through me.  I didn't realize that he was a separate part that bolted on.  BTW, you can buy this piece of jewelry on Ebay for $400.  

[Marcel Backs]

The price of some of these small parts is seizure inducing. However it is cloisonné work. I’m glad all of my Dodge emblems are in good knick!

[MarcDeSoto]

Yeah, I bought up some nice medallions for my 48 back in the 80s when they cost $15 to $25!  

 

[MarcDeSoto]

11 hours ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

the book does not show a separate part number for ole Hernando...just the medallion 1252 676 and then the base the medallion 1254 985 sets on....so  James must have shot poor ole Hernando off the first time he deployed the gun...

If that's the case, then this medallion NOS piece is incomplete and at $400 that is quite a steep price!  

[Plymouthy Adams]

I know these are not made anymore but that seems a bit high and is as we all know now, incomplete assembly.  And I though they were a tad high on a pininfarina emblem.  

[Dodgeb4ya]

And from the mopar nopro guy.

Great pricing for return to shelf parts.

[RobertKB]

Gotta pay play. I know I’ve overpaid for some items that I need and rarely come up. I just don’t want to take the chance of missing out. I bet that DeSoto medallion goes for asking price of close to. Someone out there will want it desperately and be willing to pay. If I was restoring a show car 49 DeSoto and needed that part to finish the project, I’d be all over it. 

[Marcel Backs]

It's like buying rare coins condition plus rarity plus demand equals many dollars depending on those factors. The emblems for the de Soto cars were very most likely produced in way smaller quantities than say Dodge or Plymouth ones. RobertKB makes a good point. “Got to pay to play”. M

[Sebastian Soutiño]

Hi! Just to tell you that in the DeSoto Diplomatic that came to Latin America the medallion did not have the central hole and also has different numbers of bolts. They are 2 down and 3 up. My greetings!