Pin marks the first European Figure Skating Championship held in the Swiss city On beautiful Lake Geneva, the city of Geneva, Switzerland, has been host for multiple top-level figure skating events, from the World Championships in 1968 and 1986 to the European Championships in 1962 and 1976. Featured here is the diminutive pin from the… Continue reading 1962 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: On Neutral Ground.
Category: European Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the European Figure Skating Championships.
1928 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Colorful Combination.
Troppau Skating Club in Czechoslovakia hosted the figure skating event for men From the 1928 European Figure Skating Championships, held in Troppau, Czechslovakia,1 comes this handsome and colorful pin and ribbon combination. Issued more than 95 years ago to commemorate the event, the pin looks as bright now as it must have been when first… Continue reading 1928 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Colorful Combination.
1949 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Biscione.
Serpent on the 1949 European Championships pins is steeped in Milan's history Many decades before Milan became a fashion center of Italy, the cultural hub welcomed Europe's most fashionable figure skaters to the 1949 European Figure Skating Championships. The event was one of firsts and lasts: it was the first European Championships to be held… Continue reading 1949 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Biscione.
Figure Skating Pins and Medals from the Jakobsson Estate: Provenance on Display.
World and European Figure Skating Championships: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s The 1911 marriage of Walter Jakobsson of Finland and Ludowika Eilers of Germany brought together off the ice two figure skaters who had achieved much on the ice, both as a pairs team and separately as singles skaters. Theirs is a long and colorful… Continue reading Figure Skating Pins and Medals from the Jakobsson Estate: Provenance on Display.
1936 World and European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Double Take.
From Paris to Berlin, 1936: World and European Figure Skating Championships Pins In 1936, figure skating's two premier events—the World Championships and European Championships—were held about 30 days and 650 miles apart on the European continent, one in Paris and one in Berlin. Those two cities could not have been more different in 1936. Paris… Continue reading 1936 World and European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Double Take.