Originally Posted by
dweenk
That looks a lot like the saddle that came on a 1968ish Gitane Hosteller I got a few years ago. No makers name, only "Made in Italy" on the underside of the shell.
Likely there because someone had "harvested" the Tron et Berthet product which came with it.
Here is a page from the MICMO catalogue of 1968 showing the Hosteler with a conventional leather item:
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