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I.J.A. Dispatch Rider
To accompany the ‘Type 94’ truck is this dismounted Army Dispatch Rider complete with standing motorcycle.
Pulling on his long, leather gauntlets he is about to mount his Italian designed, Japanese built machine. Although the Japanese motorcycle industry thrived after WWⅡ during the 1920’s and ‘30’s the small companies manufacturing motorcycles in Japan tended to buy the licenses to build their bikes from large European makers... or ... simply copied them!
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The Normandy Dispatch Rider
A Wehrmacht Dispatch Rider on his Italian-made motor bike halts temporarily to avoid the patrolling Allied fighter bombers that made movement between different German units almost impossible during daylight hours in the Normandy campaign.
The rider himself is a veteran of the fighting in Italy as he wears Italian-pattern camouflage trousers.
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