WW1 Columbia 'Military Model' found in Normandy

[Wing Your Heel]

Arrived today. WW1 Columbia 'Military Model'. My friend bought it in Normandy, France.
The saddle is not a military one.
My original paint unrestored Columbia Military Model (shown in the 3rd photo, in an extract from my book) has a 'USA' prefix serial number, whereas this one has a 'T' prefix. Any ideas of the significance of that?

 

[catfish]

Great find!

 

[blackcat]

Hello;
Beautiful bike!
Your number started with a J and not T, you guess the tail of J left.
I own the J29908 and i know the J 171.. at a friends house.
You also have this one in a museum in England "OldBike.eu", the J18182

Cheers;
Serge

 

[hoofhearted]

Excellent sleuthing, blackcat .....
Wonderful machine, Colin ......

 

[Wing Your Heel]

haha Blackcat, thanks for showing me the one I owned a few years ago! 1500+ pages now, I can't remember everything that's there

 

[hoofhearted]

Danger >> Will Robinson !!

patric backin' off all the way to Broadway ////

He cornfuzed .. contemporary utterances ...
blended with possible Artificial-Intelligence ////

Yarr !! ... Was raised with wooden toys . ////
Can sense the presence of carbon fiber.

Out o' here ... protective OCD features not available ////

@Bob Marley //// Where you be ?

..... patchcreek