Profile: Lapel Pins – 1963 European Championships, Budapest, Hungary Now more than 60 years ago, the best figure skaters on the European continent came together in Budapest, Hungary, for the 1963 European Figure Skating Championships, held at the outdoor Kisstadion in early February. It was the fourth time the event had been contested in the… Continue reading 1963 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Different But the Same.
Category: European Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the European Figure Skating Championships.
1980 European Figure Skating Championships Medal: On Folklore.
Profile: Participant Medal – 1980 European Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden Stories about figure skating pins and collecting that have been handed down from collector to collector—the folklore—are among the most valuable bits of information from the "golden age" of collecting. Here at The Netropolitan, we strive to preserve those memories since they help to document a… Continue reading 1980 European Figure Skating Championships Medal: On Folklore.
1965 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Strange But Not Unusual.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1965 European Championships, Moscow, USSR Fifty-four years had elapsed since a European Figure Skating Championship had been contested on Russian soil, the first taking place in 1911 in St. Petersburg long before the USSR came into being. So when the 1965 European Figure Skating Championships came to the Soviet capital of… Continue reading 1965 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Strange But Not Unusual.
1985 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Nordic Blast from the Past.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1985 European Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden Sub-zero temperatures may have dampened attendance at the 1985 European Figure Skating Championships, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, but for those who braved the Nordic blast, the pin issued to commemorate the event at least figuratively warmed and brightened their day. The cheerful blue pin, simplistic yet… Continue reading 1985 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Nordic Blast from the Past.
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.