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Originally Posted by spdrun
Interesting history behind bikers wearing German regalia -- many of the original 1940s bikers were WW II vets, and they wore the war trophies that they had brought back. If anything, it started as an anti-German, proud-to-be-and-American-who-defeated-Germany thing.
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Yup. I can remember Bikers being proud to show them off. And during the 50's and 60's no one had any problem with it.
There is also the fact that some states passed laws requiring helmets. That's all, just helmets. So these also met the letter of the law.