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.
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.
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.
1982 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Sellout Crowd.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1982 World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark It's an odd thing about Denmark and figure skating. For a country that has never produced a figure skater who has placed in the top three at the World or European Figure Skating Championships (competing under the Danish flag, that is), it has collectively hosted those… Continue reading 1982 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Sellout Crowd.
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.