Question, most likely Euro question

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 05/08/2016 at 15:30 • Filed to: None

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I saw a Euro imported Gelandewagen, looks like people who moved here to SF. It had a smallish red (background) and white (letters and outline I think) metal shield on the grille, stamped metal like a license plate with a few numbers and letters I think??. Looked like some kind of vehicle plate but I’m not sure what it was. It already had a CA plate but that was on the grille.

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 15:44

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With you description, a red background plate at least here in Bulgaria(and some other former Eastern block countries) are given to diplomatic cars. Like this:

Those also can be had in a square form like a US style plate, but taller.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 15:44

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The only red european plates with white letters I know of, are french temporary plates. However those are full eurosize plates.

Old belgian plates were small, however they had red letters on a white background.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 05/08/2016 at 15:47

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No this was a shield shaped metal plate, smaller. It was on the grille.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 05/08/2016 at 15:50

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It wasn’t a normal license plate, small and shield shaped. Maybe some old inspection or tax plate? I have no idea. It looked officially made, made no sense as something to put on a grille like a flag of a country. I thought maybe Swiss but I can’t find anything.

Svend > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 15:50

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Singapore

British Columbia Consular plate (Canadian Consular plate)

Sweden

Several other nations from temporary licence plates, tourist licence plates, etc...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 15:52

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Hmm interesting, shield shaped as in oval-ish? Because something like that popped into my mind, but I can’t really put my finger on it, though I will keep searching for it!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 15:56

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Or like this: This is an Austrian Moped plate, no idea what this would do on a Geländewagen though, maybe some kind of limited speed farm use vehicle, or something similar.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 05/08/2016 at 16:02

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Yeah it was a lot more like that. Not sure what it was. I could tell they didn’t buy the Mercedes here. It was bolted onto the grille. It wasn’t exactly like that but pretty close.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Svend 05/08/2016 at 16:03

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Check out the pic BvdV posed above, it isn’t the same but it’s a lot closer.

CompactLuxuryFan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 16:08

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Del Monte Forest parking badge?

There’sa few gated communities in the bay that have grille-mounted parking badges. Could have been a different one.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 05/08/2016 at 16:09

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I found a site, license plate mania and I might email them, see if anything comes to mind.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CompactLuxuryFan 05/08/2016 at 16:14

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I thought it might be something like a parking or official badge. It was the opposite, red background. You are onto something I think! We may never know, but it is probably something like that.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CompactLuxuryFan 05/08/2016 at 16:17

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I see they change

AM3R shamefully returns > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 16:32

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Mercedes has small badges for high mileage cars (250k+ km’s). Maybe it was one of those.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > AM3R shamefully returns 05/08/2016 at 17:05

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No, I have an old Merc, those are just a star with the mileage below. They are pretty small.

CompactLuxuryFan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/08/2016 at 18:09

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2006 would match your description:

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > CompactLuxuryFan 05/08/2016 at 22:22

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Could be it, it was red and I do think there was a horizontal line in it.