SFC Private RallyPoint Member3939563<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Medals of America is way too rich for my blood! Waitng on St. Louis, MO. to send...taken years and no reply yet. Also need a box that like to fit everything. This is my legacy to my daughter and my local VFW post.Why it is so expensive to find and build a shadow box with all my ribbons and medals? Are there any cheaper suggestions?2018-09-05T15:45:39-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3939563<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Medals of America is way too rich for my blood! Waitng on St. Louis, MO. to send...taken years and no reply yet. Also need a box that like to fit everything. This is my legacy to my daughter and my local VFW post.Why it is so expensive to find and build a shadow box with all my ribbons and medals? Are there any cheaper suggestions?2018-09-05T15:45:39-04:002018-09-05T15:45:39-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3939568<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>typo... “need”... not Ned. Sorry. Autocorrect sucks!Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 5 at 2018 3:47 PM2018-09-05T15:47:20-04:002018-09-05T15:47:20-04:00SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth3939583<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depends on what kind of material you use, and where you get the ribbons and medals.Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Sep 5 at 2018 3:56 PM2018-09-05T15:56:16-04:002018-09-05T15:56:16-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member3939605<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Too bad they didn't have the category of" r i p o f f" but they may have the category of budgetResponse by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 5 at 2018 4:07 PM2018-09-05T16:07:15-04:002018-09-05T16:07:15-04:00LT Brad McInnis3939668<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We built our own for one of our E-7's when I was on shore duty. Went to Hobby Lobby and the Exchange. I think we built the whole thing for a $150.Response by LT Brad McInnis made Sep 5 at 2018 4:48 PM2018-09-05T16:48:24-04:002018-09-05T16:48:24-04:00SFC Michael Hasbun3939697<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Personalized shadow boxes are custom luxury items. Of course they're expensive. The medals and decorations alone are several hundred ( I suppose that depends on the persons career, some careers are more expensive than others). If you want cheap, go to Michaels and pick up a shadow box and some double sided Velcro.Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Sep 5 at 2018 5:03 PM2018-09-05T17:03:00-04:002018-09-05T17:03:00-04:00LtCol Robert Quinter3939723<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Follow up on Dt Louis. Original ap probably lost somewhere. My son and I built the shadow box together. Not to expensive, but worth it's weight in gold to both of us. Nothing says a Dad and Daughter can't do the same.Response by LtCol Robert Quinter made Sep 5 at 2018 5:11 PM2018-09-05T17:11:40-04:002018-09-05T17:11:40-04:00LTC Jason Mackay3939859<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="25781" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/25781-25w-telecommunications-operations-chief">SFC Private RallyPoint Member</a> what exactly are you trying to build? If it is full size medals, that gets pricey quickly. Minimum $12 a piece and that is the MCSS price. Then there is the labor.... My advice is to go to the nearest PX and see if they have a concessionaire there that does this. There are multiples in the Fort Carson PX. If you get desperate you can call them and see what they can do. I am told the Craft and Hobby Shop on the Air Force Academy does shadow boxes. They did a great job on my brother in law's. <br /><br />Are you re-using any of the items you had/were issued? That can bring the cost down.<br /><br />You might want to call the Frame Shop at Macdill's Exchange and see what they do. Perhaps they can give you a ball park quote. If that quote works out, I would recommend driving there to see what they are going to do and the layout. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.shopmyexchange.com/exchange-stores/United%20States/FL/Tampa/MacDill-AFB--1032125">https://www.shopmyexchange.com/exchange-stores/United%20States/FL/Tampa/MacDill-AFB--1032125</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Sep 5 at 2018 5:54 PM2018-09-05T17:54:37-04:002018-09-05T17:54:37-04:00MSgt John Taylor3940575<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Simplify it! your standard AAFES ribbon rack & those items that signify your career. <br /> I've seen boxes that would require steel girders to support it. I'm proud of my service, but my shadow box doesn't have to be a grand monument to it.Response by MSgt John Taylor made Sep 5 at 2018 11:30 PM2018-09-05T23:30:30-04:002018-09-05T23:30:30-04:001SG Jeremy Evans3942102<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SFC Tolbert, Target might be worth checking out. They had some decent 15"x20" photo shadow boxes for around $30. I just removed the photo clips, covered a piece of foam board with fabric for the box and pinned everything through the foam.Response by 1SG Jeremy Evans made Sep 6 at 2018 3:07 PM2018-09-06T15:07:25-04:002018-09-06T15:07:25-04:00COL Thomas F.3942126<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Go check out the Fort Leavenworth US Disciplinary Barracks store at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usdbsalesstore.com">http://www.usdbsalesstore.com</a> Commonly known as the "prison store". They will custom make anything in wood, metal, or cloth. If you have something sketched on a napkin, they can help make it real. Decent prices too boot. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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