12-02-2002, 06:37 PM
Wow what great replies to his question!
I mount mine sort of like Dave does his (you can see his at his website), tho I spend a lot of time and effort into making my better groupings and/or singles into interprative displays if I can, so instead of the ODM, OBs etc mounted alone, I have other material as well. Someday I'll bring a few to Max. Maybe I will try some of the same cases Dave uses though...they're nice looking.
Most "standard" type medals (ie a ribbon and a disc medal portion) I usually store in the plastic type medal wrappers until I am ready to place them in their new home. I store docus in 3-ring binders w/mylar sheets...same with copies of docus. This' especially handy with stuff like Vietnam era casualty groupings and the like. I have one KIA PH with two full 3" binders and another that's bout half full and still growing (includes his service file, IDPF, morning reports, various other reports, radio logs, a few eyewitness accounts I've compiled, info from varios refs etc). Boy does it all add up.
Some of the tougher to handle ODM, ie Red Stars etc (ie just about any screwback, I use various containers and materials. A nice, plastic (new unused) soap container works good for several ODM, but I would only use it short term.
I have a few BritComm groupings that I recieved in custom cases...I usually leave them be, or temporarily move them to a case.
M
I mount mine sort of like Dave does his (you can see his at his website), tho I spend a lot of time and effort into making my better groupings and/or singles into interprative displays if I can, so instead of the ODM, OBs etc mounted alone, I have other material as well. Someday I'll bring a few to Max. Maybe I will try some of the same cases Dave uses though...they're nice looking.
Most "standard" type medals (ie a ribbon and a disc medal portion) I usually store in the plastic type medal wrappers until I am ready to place them in their new home. I store docus in 3-ring binders w/mylar sheets...same with copies of docus. This' especially handy with stuff like Vietnam era casualty groupings and the like. I have one KIA PH with two full 3" binders and another that's bout half full and still growing (includes his service file, IDPF, morning reports, various other reports, radio logs, a few eyewitness accounts I've compiled, info from varios refs etc). Boy does it all add up.
Some of the tougher to handle ODM, ie Red Stars etc (ie just about any screwback, I use various containers and materials. A nice, plastic (new unused) soap container works good for several ODM, but I would only use it short term.
I have a few BritComm groupings that I recieved in custom cases...I usually leave them be, or temporarily move them to a case.
M
