04-05-2012, 03:57 AM
In the especially high humidity climate in which I live, I have found that the best method of storing my favorite medals, badges, orders, etc. is in one of two places: a very large glass-lidded, hinged display case (that is laying flat on my upstairs office floor). Beneath the orders and medals is a double layer of sheer (a countless number of tiny holes) fabric which just happens to very closely match the "wave green" of Soviet parade uniforms; the other is simply a medium-sized curios, velvet lined chest of drawers. Both provide lots of breathing room yet keeps the humidity down enough not to rapidly impact the metals.
For the overflow and for documents, I use museum "paper grade" plastic sheets in a binder. They make these in all sorts of sizes with some sheets having up to 8 compartments that fit medals rather well. The only problem is that there is no sealed top to the compartments and if you don't handle the binder correctly, there will be lots of spillage which could be especially dangerous on my ceramic tile.
There are photos of both of these somewhere on the forum.
Phillip
For the overflow and for documents, I use museum "paper grade" plastic sheets in a binder. They make these in all sorts of sizes with some sheets having up to 8 compartments that fit medals rather well. The only problem is that there is no sealed top to the compartments and if you don't handle the binder correctly, there will be lots of spillage which could be especially dangerous on my ceramic tile.
There are photos of both of these somewhere on the forum.
Phillip
Phillip
