Staged in Ottawa, the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships featured 10 different lapel pins Canada's capital of Ottawa hosted the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships in March of that year, and never was there a better event held for collectors of figure skating pins. All around the Ottawa Civic Centre, venue for the event, both… Continue reading 1984 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: March Madness.
Category: World Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the World Figure Skating Championships.
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.
1965 World Figure Skating Pins: At The Broadmoor.
Collectible lapel pins from the 1965 World Championships in Colorado Called the "world capital" of figure skating by many, Colorado Springs, Colorado, hosted the 1965 World Figure Skating Championships. The site was the famed Broadmoor World Arena on the grounds of The Broadmoor resort and hotel. Although the World Arena was demolished in 1994—and with… Continue reading 1965 World Figure Skating Pins: At The Broadmoor.
1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, Halifax, Canada Get ready to embark on a journey back to the 1990s! Hosted in the Canadian Maritimes city of Halifax, the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships made history in two memorable ways: for ushering in the beginning of one era while sending another one packing.… Continue reading 1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.