Hercules Hitler Youth Bicycle

[Gasbag]

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/bik/5701481636.html

 

[bikiba]

1200 seems like a steal for something like tht

 

[partsguy]

That belongs in a WWII museum!

 

[catfish]

Those fenders look like the ones used on German built Indians.

 

[bikecrazy]

I'm having a hard time beleaving that is real.

 

[vincev]

For that price I would need a lot more proof than a banner. If I put an American flag on a 1953 Schwinn does that make it a
Dwight D. Eisenhower bike?

 

[Boris]

For that price I would need a lot more proof than a banner. If I put an American flag on a 1953 Schwinn does that make it a
Dwight D. Eisenhower bike?

Yes, but be sure to find a flag with 48 stars. 50 won't cut it.

 

[slcurts]

I looked at this bike last night. It has the wrong size front wheel and is missing the chain guard, but otherwise is in pretty great shape for a 1939. It has the flag and a little booklet with it, but other than that appears to be identical to the Hercules Herrenrad pictured here: https://herculesmuseum.wordpress.com/1939-hercules-herrenrad/. I can't decide what it's really worth, but surely not $1200.

 

[vincev]

I looked at this bike last night. It has the wrong size front wheel and is missing the chain guard, but otherwise is in pretty great shape for a 1939. It has the flag and a little booklet with it, but other than that appears to be identical to the Hercules Herrenrad pictured here: https://herculesmuseum.wordpress.com/1939-hercules-herrenrad/. I can't decide what it's really worth, but surely not $1200.

Just curious.Is the owners name Ashley??Does she have 2 wood wheel bikes.

 

[bricycle]

Provenance, or it ain't true!