06-10-2012, 07:27 PM
Short of serious museum-quality storage, we can't do much about the natural environment. Especially since the natural environment in which these things were stored for many decades was probably far worse than anything we could do to them (tobacco smoke, worse air pollution than most of us suffer from, more variable climate, etc.).
Eric's suggestions, as usual, are spot-on. All I could add is a plea not to polish or otherwise invasively and permanently alter them and, more importantly, don't worry or panic. Time, history, and change are inevitable, for medals as much as for humans. What you see is just a natural part of their life.
Eric's suggestions, as usual, are spot-on. All I could add is a plea not to polish or otherwise invasively and permanently alter them and, more importantly, don't worry or panic. Time, history, and change are inevitable, for medals as much as for humans. What you see is just a natural part of their life.
