BSA R37618 CMS (38) 1024

British Army BSA airborne bicycle, 2nd model, made circa 1943 serial number R37618 - An original WAR GRADE tire marking showing the raised marking "WAR GRADE". Rubber was in short supply as the Japanese had captured the Malayan rubber plantations in 1941.

British Army BSA airborne bicycle, 2nd model, made circa 1943 serial number R37618 – An original WAR GRADE tire marking showing the raised marking “WAR GRADE”. Rubber was in short supply as the Japanese had captured the Malayan rubber plantations in 1941.