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Ideas for Displaying Army Patches

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    • Army patches, which can include unit patches, country patches and even patches for certain conflicts, are popular items for certain collectors. However, if a patch is old or particularly valuable, you don't want to sew it onto a hat, jacket or backpack to show it off. There are other ideas for keeping your patches safe and still being able to show off your collection. All it takes is a little thought, time and ingenuity.

    Boxes

    • For those who have only a mild collection of army patches, a display box might do the job most adequately. This box is really a small, glassed-in corkboard sheet that's similar to what insect collectors use to display their butterflies. Much like the butterflies, army patches can be pinned to the corkboard along with a printed label and short blurb about the history and significance of the patch. This method does require that the patch actually be pinned to the corkboard, and unless you intend to have a large number of display cases and you have the room to hang them all up, this method doesn't work well for people with large collections.

    Binders

    • Another suggestion is to keep your patches in a three-ring binder. Collectors who use this method can use plastic sheets meant to hold coins or playing cards to instead display all of the various army patches they have. Again, they can also print labels and affix those labels to the outside of the display pocket so that they know which patches are in which pocket. This method is more ideal for those who have a middling to large collection, and it provides a great deal of opportunity to organize your binders by type and date, keeping different eras of patches in different binders.

    Website

    • A last option which will work for any size collection is to dedicate a website to your army patches. A website has theoretically infinite space, so it doesn't matter how big or small your collection is. It also has the potential to be arranged and customized however you want, with patches separated by unit, by era, by conflict or by any method you choose. The physical patches will still have to be kept somewhere, but having a website is the ideal way to allow anyone with an interest, from family members to fellow collectors, to see what you've managed to put together.

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