Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 European Championships, Prague, Czechoslovakia By 1988, it had been 40 years since a European Figure Skating Championships had taken place in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a city known for the magnificent cathedral spires that define its skyline—and from which it earns the nickname "City of a Hundred Spires." Although the collectible lapel… Continue reading 1988 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Of Spires and Spirals.
Category: European Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the European Figure Skating Championships.
1984 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: East Bank, West Bank.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1984 European Championships, Budapest, Hungary More than 20 years had passed since Europe's premiere figure skating event had taken place in the city of Budapest, Hungary, on the banks of the Danube and behind the so-called "Iron Curtain." So when the 1984 European Figure Skating Championships were staged there, just ahead… Continue reading 1984 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: East Bank, West Bank.
1987 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: That’s It?
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1987 European Championships, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Before war ravaged the Olympic city of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in the early to mid-1990s, the 1987 European Figure Skating Championships were held inside Zetra Arena and were marked with an unusual and somewhat perplexing pin that left many a collector asking, "That's it?" The pin was… Continue reading 1987 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: That’s It?
1981 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: An Ordinary Day in Innsbruck.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1981 European Championships, Innsbruck, Austria After hosting two Olympic Winter Games (1964 and 1976), along with many other major sporting events, the Tyrolean city of Innsbruck, Austria, was well qualified to welcome Europe's best figure skaters for the 1981 European Figure Skating Championships, held at Olympiastadion. The post-Olympic year brought few,… Continue reading 1981 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: An Ordinary Day in Innsbruck.
1966 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Bratislava Loop II.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1966 European Championships, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia European designers of logos and identities for figure skating events in the mid-20th century had a clear fascination with the compulsory figure known as the loop, incorporating some version of it—usually stylized—into many an event brand. And the loop appeared again on the various 1966 European… Continue reading 1966 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Bratislava Loop II.