hey /k/, maybe you guys can help. what is the best way to preserve

>>34182052
Polish it with a pol cloth and put it in a shadow box, do you have any of your grandpa's ribbons or unit insignia you put in with it? Maybe a photo of him in his dress uniform?

RIP your grandpa anon

>>34182147
*oil cloth, not pol cloth

>>34182052
Polish. Hit it with a clear coat

>>34182147
>shadow box
what is that

>do you have any of your grandpa's ribbons or unit insignia you put in with it? Maybe a photo of him in his dress uniform?
I think my grandmother probably has those. the soldiers also gave her the coffin flag too on behalf of the President.

I don't really know much about his service. he didn't talk about it at all really. the only thing I know is that he was stationed in West Germany in the 1950's.

the only story he told me was how he got cheated at cards by some "negro" soldiers, and then the officer caught them gambling and took away all their money, lol

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>>34182212
Shadow boxes are a nice wood box that has either a cloth material or a painted background that you can mount stuff on, it's a really nice thing to do for the memory of a old soldier. My grandpa just passed a month or so ago, tough fucker made it through a tour of Korea and a tour in Vietnam.

Id like to know as well, my father had his salute last summer and i have the casings in a bag, but i wanna do something cool with them

>>34182266
that might be too big though, I only have one of the casings. the other family members have the other ones

>>34182300
That's just a generic photo I got off of google, they can be any size and you could make one as small as just to fit a single casing

>>34182300
You could make it into a necklace, or have it metled down into a ring

>>34182314
>>34182315
I was thinking like a small case where I can display it?

>grandpa wouldn't want me to get too elaborate with this, he was a very frugal man

>>34182351
Well if youd want to do it case style, you could have a memorial style thing for him, like you could get a small like table and put a display case with the xasing and any of his other military or personal things inside of it with like a picture of him and like an epitaph about him mounted about it

>>34182400
the casing is the only thing I have.
I just want to preserve just the casing in a displayable way.

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>>34182443
Could do something like this and cover it in glass, im sure there is a company out there that makes them

>>34182052
>AMA 81
Danish. I've seen both blanks and live ammo on sale with that headstamp, all .30-06 as would be appropriate for an M1 Garand.
You can polish it up to a nice shine with any metal polish - Flitz, Mother's, whatever you like. A light wipe of any household oil like 3-in-1 afterwards will keep it shiny.

As others have suggested, track down his patches, awards, etc and put together a shadow box for him. The casings would be a nice touch to add to it.

If nothing else, get a flag box, and keep the brass with it.

Renaissance wax is the best museum-grade metal preservative.

thanks for the ideas guys, I will see about getting my casing... cased... and I will ask grandma if she'd like to do a bigger case for any medals/ribbons/insignia grandpa may have had

>>34182847
Good luck OP, post the finished thing if you can sometime

>>34183172
for sure.
pray for my grandfather if you are so inclined

>>34183692
Havent been a religious man in a long time but i could give it a shot