Looking further into the bicycle matter.  I have found these WW1 pictures of British military bicycles.  I know that from 1914-1918 there was a war on but trade and traffic between the UK or should I say at that time   GREAT BRITAIN  and the empire colony of Burma would not have come to a complete halt.  So it really is not unreasonable to consider a date of manufacture for this sword, some good time before WW2.  War for Hercules bicycles could have been a good thing.  Bicycles would be much simpler to export as colonial transport at that time than motor vehicles.
		 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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