[kass]

Hi Kass, the Crescent seems to me appering quite in original shape. I don´t know what you mean that´s not authentic? Do you mean the number or the frame? Anyway, i think both the frame and the no appears original. When Lindblads made Crescent, before Nyman bought them and moved the production from Stockholm to Uppsala, their frame no is confusing, i have this bikes and frame no:
Crescent 1925 258913
Crescent 1929 LC6070

My guess in that its possible that Nymans made Crescent to Lindblads even before the got bought up. The frame no with letter LC.... apperars in different shapes, like LE, LF, LD and so on. No one seems to know any more that that means and why the didn´t have just numbers.
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The saddle is strange, often they where marked with Lindblads logo (wings and letters). But i does i kind of "swedish" look...One can´t be sure, they often bought from another supplier if they where out of stock.
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About the Crescent number...If You take a better look You will notice that there has been another number, maybe even some letter (A?). If we will take off the painting perhaps we can see the real authentic number. The 1777 is home - made one.
What meaning have the letters LC, LE,...? L - Lindblads, C, E - years???

Yes, the saddle looks a little bit "too modern and new" to me, but we have Swedish bikes in Estonia with saddles like that but fron 30 - s, I speculate. Perhaps it has changed ?

Do You know haw the bigger Swedish makers used nickel and chrome, when they started to use chrome insted of nickel? (in Germany we suppose it was nearly in 1930, how were things in Sweden?)

The other bike looks very Swedish of course, in Finland they made that kind of bikes too, I don´t know about Norge and Danmark? And I don´t know, is the Novo hube on this bike authentic or has replaced later.

One army bike, without number and front lable holes, looks "very swedish" but I think - a Finnish one??? But how it has appeared to Estonia? (Have heard about one more similar bike here). Black color overpainted green, no nickel/chrome.
Take a look!
http://www.wehrmacht.pri.ee/foorum/phpBB...php?t=5836