First World Championship held in Canada features unique pins and a commemorative medal Best laid plans, they say. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shattered the best laid plans for French-speaking Montreal, Canada, to host the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships. The famed city on the St. Lawrence River last hosted men, ladies, and pairs competitors… Continue reading 1932 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Canadian First.
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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 Championships: 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 Championships: 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.