Profile: Lapel Pins – 1974 World Championships, Munich, West Germany Olympia-Sporthalle, a multi-purpose venue that is part of Olympiapark built for the 1972 Summer Olympiad in Munich, West Germany, was put to good use two winters later when it hosted the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships under its cavernous and undulating roof. This is the… Continue reading 1974 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: It’s a Mystery.
Category: 1970s
1973 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Linden Leaf Emerges.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1973 World Championships, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia The costume jewelry craze, which hit its zenith in the 1960s and 1970s, made its way into the pins issued for the 1973 World Figure Skating Championships, held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Not only were there standard logo pins that marked the event, but an unusual pin… Continue reading 1973 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Linden Leaf Emerges.
1978 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: In the Form of a Medallion.
Profile: Medallion – 1978 European Championships, Strasbourg, France Going back to at least the early 1950s, it was rare for a major event such as the World or European Figure Skating Championships not to be commemorated with a lapel pin—whether a souvenir version that was available for sale to the public or a special version… Continue reading 1978 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: In the Form of a Medallion.
1970 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Two-Sided Redux.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1970 World Championships, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Just three years before the 1970 World Figure Skating Championships were contested in the Yugoslavian town of Ljubljana, the 1967 European Figure Skating Championships had taken place there, the first major international figure skating event held in Yugoslavia. So it was quite a step up for… Continue reading 1970 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Two-Sided Redux.
1974 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Reflection On Ice.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1974 European Championships, Zagreb, Yugoslavia Over the years, some debate has taken place among collectors over a certain aspect of the pins made to commemorate the 1974 European Figure Skating Championships, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, that year. An artistic and stylized representation of a figure skater, the central design element, is… Continue reading 1974 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Reflection On Ice.