My First Military Bike MC G519 Columbia

[Freqman1]

Snagged this one from a Maryland auction house and a huge thanks to @Bozman for picking this up and holding until I get home. You would think a retired Army guy would make it a priority to have one of these but the right opportunity just never presented itself. Actually this may be a Marine Corp bike because it appears to start with "MC". V/r Shawn

 

[Dave Stromberger]

Snagged this one from a Maryland auction house and a huge thanks to @Bozman for picking this up and holding until I get home. You would think a retired Army guy would make it a priority to have one of these but the right opportunity just never presented itself. Actually this may be a Marine Corp bike because it appears to start with "MC". V/r Shawn

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Excellent! Congrats!

 

[manuel rivera]

Snagged this one from a Maryland auction house and a huge thanks to @Bozman for picking this up and holding until I get home. You would think a retired Army guy would make it a priority to have one of these but the right opportunity just never presented itself. Actually this may be a Marine Corp bike because it appears to start with "MC". V/r Shawn

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Congrats! One day I will find mine too.

 

[blackcat]

Hello;
Welcome to the world of G519 and happy for you that you have found someone to secure it in the person of @Bozman
Regards;
Serge

 

[Bozman]

Proud to serve my bicycle brother. More pics as I get the hubs and serial numbers cleaned off for ya.

 

[Freqman1]

Proud to serve my bicycle brother. More pics as I get the hubs and serial numbers cleaned off for ya.

Thanks Boz! so for the record pretty much just as Adrian called it in our private conversations--MG 150012 K8 Aug '43. Looks like some god bones and I believe I should be able to get the blue house paint off. Spokes and hubs look pretty crusty though so not sure what my plan will be for those yet. V/r Shawn