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MILITARY BICYCLES: 1899-1902 BOER WAR

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Bicycles were officially used for the first time under wartime conditions during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902) by both sides…

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BAD-TEETH-NO-BAR-A-History-of-Military-Bicycles-in-the-Great-War

* BAD TEETH NO BAR – Buy it Here!

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1898-Alldays-Matchless-021

1898 Alldays Matchless Military Roadster

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1897 BSA Fittings Machine 05

1898 BSA Fittings Roadster (Boer War)

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1898-Ericsson-Field-Telephone-C-Mark-1-21

1898 Ericsson Field Telephone ‘C’ Mk 1

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1899-BSA-Fittings-Machine-04

1899 BSA Fittings Machine: Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers ‘Cable Layer’

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1900 BSA Fittings Machine

1900 BSA Fittings Machine (Brakes: Bowden rear; thumb lever front)

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1900-BSA-Telegraph-Battalion-05

1900 BSA Fittings Machine: Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers Wireless Operator

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1900-Folding-Perdersen-15

1900 Dursley Pedersen ‘Detachable’ Military Cycle

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1900 BSA FITTINGS RACER Double top tube 5 copy

1900 High Frame Machine with Double Top Tube built entirely of BSA Fittings

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FOR SALE Boer-War-WW1-Lucas-Cycloe-Front-Carrier-Rack

1901 Boer War / WW1 Lucas Cycloe Front Carrier Rack

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1901 Sunbeam 05

1901 Boer War Correspondent with Blickensderfer Typewriter

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1901-BSA-Mark-1-Military-15

1901 BSA ‘Bicycle (Mark 1) High. Medium. Low

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1901 Helical Premier 1 copy

1901 Irish ‘Shamrock’ Helical Premier (Belfast, N. Ireland)

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1901_Lea_Francis_01

1901 Lea Francis ‘No 3 for Gentlemen’

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FOR SALE 1901 Quadrant Light Roadster 5

1901 Quadrant Light Roadster

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1901_Sunbeam_

1901 Sunbeam Gent’s ‘Design OK’

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1901 THE BICYCLING WORLD

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Maxim-Machine-Gun-Tandem-Tricycle-05

1901 Vickers Machine Gun Tandem Tricycle

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FOR SALE WW1-WW2-BICYCLE-RIFLE-CLIPS-MOUNTS-FOR-SALE-0

1901 War Office Pattern (WW1 WW2) Rifle Clips / Gun Mounts FOR SALE

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1901 BSA Gents Springframe 05

1901-1903 BSA Gents’ Springframe (with Patent Backpedal Brake)

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1902-BSA-Boer-War-06

1902 BSA Roadster (Boer War Military Model)

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1902 Royal Enfield ‘Model B’ Roadster 05

1902 Royal Enfield ‘Model B’ Roadster

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The Cycle in Warfare

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WAR AND PEACE MILITARY SHOW

WAR & PEACE SHOW: Talk on Military Bicycles VIDEO

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