Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards And Documents.

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No one keeps anything permanently (basic biological fact) and one day the custody of all our phaleristic guests will transfer to another as a new link on the great chain of provenance is forged. Part of the problem lies in the false belief that these things are ours to do with as we will. The sole "owner" is/was the recipient, known or unknown, and today we are mere temporary custodians, with a duty to unearth and preserve history. We're just the people who rent these goodies for only a few years or decades. (Yes, I am ignoring the "investor" mentality here. Quite intentionally.) Some damage to these awards heals, some doesn't. But learning is never cheap. But when we stop learning, we're dead.