The winter sports resort hosted the world's best figure skaters—and issued some high-quality pins to mark the event In a valley in the Bavarian Alps not far from the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain peak, lies the resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It's a city with a history steeped in winter sports and with an Olympic heritage to… Continue reading 1956 World Figure Skating Pins and Medal: Way Down in the Valley.