It was manufactured in 1952.
On December 6 of that year, it acquired the license M-3389.
Its initial registration was in the name of the company Tapeçarias da Madeira, Lda., whose managing partner was Werner Heinz Herbert Kiekeben.
A few months later, on April 25, 1953, it was purchased and registered in the name of George Welsh.
In September 1955, it received the number plate MA-26-94.
On June 11, 1971, the vehicle changed hands. It is acquired by the Portuguese State, particularly by the Ministry of the Interior for the Civil Government of the Autonomous District of Funchal, with domicile at São Lourenço Palace.
From that date on, it became the official vehicle of the Civil Governor of the District, who was then Colonel Braamcamp Sobral.
It was used for official visits by the President of the Republic and the President of the Council until 1974.
After that, it also transported presidents of the Republic and prime ministers until May 1996, when the Mercedes stopped being in official service. As there was another black Mercedes, it was only used on special occasions.
It began to be exposed to the public in the central courtyard’s garage of the São Lourenço Palace, opened to visitors on September 22, 1995.
In August 2010, the former Representative of the Republic, Monteiro Diniz, before leaving office (in April 2011), handed the vehicle over, at no cost and definitively, to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, more specifically to the Regional Heritage Board , following a request from the Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The “Mercedes-Benz 300D Limousine” was assigned to the office of the President of the Regional Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira from October 7, 2010.
Datasheet Year: 1951 Brand: Rolls-Royce Model: Silver Dawn Country: England Number plate: MA-26-02 Engine: 4,257 cc Gearbox: 4