# How to display or store awards/medals? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558 "2013-12-17T15:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558/1 "2013-12-17T15:05:23Z")
One of my children has accumulated quite a number of awards. She has approximately 15 ribbons with a medal attached - the type that are worn as a necklace- and one smallish trophy. What can I do with these awards to both store and display them? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558/2 "2013-12-17T15:17:01Z")
I just bought one of these - [Running Tabletop Medal Displays – Gone For a Run](http://www.goneforarun.com/Running_Race_Medal_Hanger_Display_s/873.htm) ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558/3 "2013-12-17T15:25:49Z")
If you google “medal display” or “medal hanger” you should end up with plenty of ideas. My wife and I have a metal medal hanger that has our marathon and half-marathon medals on it. If you’re handy you could probably make one out of wood. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558/4 "2013-12-17T15:44:40Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > If you’re handy you could probably make one out of wood. Alternatively, you could hang a decorative curtain rod on the wall and string the medals on. [Something like these](http://www.rohithfurnishing.com/images/product/7637-wooden_curtain_rods.jpg) should be available in different lengths and in wood or metal in different designs. Just look for one where it’s [easy to release the rod](http://www.interiormall.com/images/cat/rods/RMCOCO/affordable-wood-2.jpg)to put more medals on. You could add a small shelf above for trophies and similar. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-display-or-store-awards-medals/676558/5 "2013-12-17T18:53:16Z")
Thank you **Telemark**. Many of those are quite nice and not running related. Her awards are for acedemic decathalon (16 so far!), and I was having trouble finding some not marked with athletic stuff, but that site has some nice ones. The prices seem reasonable, too. And thank you, **Green Bean**. That’s a great idea. I bet I could find something really nice (that maybe wouldn’t be so expensive) in the curtain rod area. I tried Google, **SmellMyWort** , but I guess my google-fu was bad because I was just finding really expensive running-motif stuff.