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This radiator badge came on my new-to-me ‘24 Touring. Does anyone on here know it’s significance? The car came from the estate of a gentleman from Pleasant Plains, Ohio, the opposite corner of the state from Akron.

The badge indicates that the vehicle's owner was a member of the Akron AAA. I'm guessing, but it may also indicate that vehicle is eligible for AAA free road service.

The badge indicates that the vehicle's owner was a member of the Akron AAA. I'm guessing, but it may also indicate that vehicle as eligible for AAA free road service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
American_Automobile_AssociationThe American Automobile Association (the "AAA" or "Triple-A") was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, in response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles. At that time, nine motor clubs with a total of 1,500 members banded together to form the Triple-A. Those individual motor clubs included the Chicago Automobile Club, Automobile Club of America, Automobile Club of New Jersey, and others. Members received badges for display as a method of membership identification (Today they get an ID card and bumper sticker).
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https://www.beaconjournal.com/article/2 ... /311269621
The Akron Automobile Club, which has occupied the same office building on West Center Street in downtown Akron since 1948, is moving about a mile away.
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https://agilitypr.news/Two-Ohio-AAA-Clu ... erve-14529
COLUMBUS, OHIO / AGILITYPR.NEWS / January 06, 2021 / On January 1, 2021 the Akron Automobile Club’s employees and 94,000 members officially merged with AAA Ohio Auto Club. By uniting these two clubs, AAA Ohio Auto Club is now the eighth largest AAA club in North America and the largest club in Ohio, representing more than 865,000 members throughout a 38-county footprint.

This owner/caretaker is proud to be born in Elyria, and was thrilled to find this rad badge at a swap meet.

Not a good photo but this badge says "State Auto Insurance Assn"