Gunstock Ski Club (GSC), Matterhorn and Spruce — c. 1960s

A vintage Gunstock Ski Club patch, estimated to date from the 1960s, featuring a blue peak shaped very much like the Matterhorn with a green spruce at its left. GSC in black blackletter below, the S dropped low between the G and the C. A cream shield with a gold border.

GSC is the Gunstock Ski Club, the racing club at Gilford. The patch never spells it out. It didn't need to; the people wearing it knew.

The Matterhorn is not in New Hampshire. Plenty of American ski clubs borrowed it anyway. Club patches went to members, and this one was worn hard: frayed at the top, soiled all over, still standing.

Embroidered on twill, merrowed edge, frayed at top. Photos are the condition report.