1942 AMA Gypsy Tour Motorcycle Belt Buckle WW2

Description

1942 American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Gypsy Tour Award "V" for Victory buckle from the only wartime Gypsy Tour. The center of the buckle shows a large, enamel "V" in blue detail. At the top, inside the "V" displays the AMA emblem, a triangle with a pinwheel in the center and the letters AMA in the corners of the triangle. The bottom of the buckle reads: "1942 GYPSY TOUR" in raised letters. Gypsy tours comprised of a group of riders from all over that would converge on a favorite destination, the term gypsy was used because of the far reaching corners the riders would come from, camping and sleeping in tents along the way. The annual gypsy tour to Laconia, New Hampshire near Lake Winnipesaukee began in 1916 and is the oldest continuous motorcycle event in the U.S.
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