A very similar emblem at this odd site called "classiccarsrotting.com",
labeled (as others have said) "Buick emblem?":
http://classiccarsrotting.com/ccrtou...blems_770.html

Or there's a nice emblem on eBay from a 50 Buick with this same design:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4531538543

"dave" > wrote in message
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> would some kind soul please help me ID this old hubcap? I think it's
> stainless steel, seeing as there's NO rust on it anywhere, front OR back.
> not sure what automakers' "shield" it is pressed into its' center
> there....
>
> http://members.cox.net/hardwares/unk...ntique_hubcap/
>
> I'd be interested in what "year range it might be from", or, better yet,
> what year it's "known to be from" (that is if anyone knows). my guess is
> it's late fourties, maybe early fifties... <but ?> can anyone be more
> precise?
>
> thanks in advance for educating me,
>
> tool_box :-)
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