multimodal commuter
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Ok! I really don't know what your bike is, but I can tell you a couple things. The main missing part of the front brake is a stirrup, something like this:
https://m.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BIKE-BRAKE-FRONT-STIRRUP-ROLLER-LEVER-ROD-BRAKE-ROADSTER-BIKES-COMPLETE/183373438444?hash=item2ab1e89dec:g:GycAAMXQVT9TAz7E
I don't know whether that will fit your bike or not, and I don't know what parts you'll need to connect that to the existing lever. These brakes are primitive and setting them up is not rocket science.
The whole system is called a "rod brake." This is obsolete technology, with good reason.
Can you find any writing on the bike? "British made" or anything like that? I can see the tires are English and this leads me to suspect the whole thing is English. If so, you may hit pay dirt in old catalogs-- Raleigh, Hercules, Phillips, also Armstrong, Norman, I don't know what else. Don't expect to find an exact match, but if you find a similar bike made by any English manufacturer, then you can safely assume it's English.
Just out of curiosity...: Why? What's your goal here? Want to restore it? No matter what it is --even if it's exceedingly rare (which is not that unlikely)-- the resale market for things like this is not good. I don't want to dissuade you from whatever it is you have in mind, but I'm curious what that is (and why).