Ideas for displaying berets?

[landsknechte]

I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas of how to display berets.. I've been playing with ideas for a while now, and I haven't ever been able to come up with a decent looking solution.

--Chris

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas of how to display berets.. I've been playing with ideas for a while now, and I haven't ever been able to come up with a decent looking solution.

--Chris

Hi Chris,
I empathize with you. as a high end collector of Vietnamese wartime berets I have had this same dilema. I did a display about a year ago and had to resort to using those styrofoam heads. It worked OK, but had to use too much space to display just 20 - 30 berets.
I don't know what kind of berets you are collecting, but in the future I am going to display mine laying flat. This allows you to see the flash,insignia, and makers label all at once. Which is so important to distinquish the good from the bad.
I can tell you one good tip that I discovered though. When storing my berets I use those zip lock freezer storage bags. Inside of them I place a small piece of bounce, you know those dryer sheets! They make the cloth smell nice and also keep rodents and moths away.
Jeff A

[landsknechte]

Hi Chris,
I empathize with you. as a high end collector of Vietnamese wartime berets I have had this same dilema. I did a display about a year ago and had to resort to using those styrofoam heads. It worked OK, but had to use too much space to display just 20 - 30 berets.
I don't know what kind of berets you are collecting, but in the future I am going to display mine laying flat. This allows you to see the flash,insignia, and makers label all at once. Which is so important to distinquish the good from the bad.
I can tell you one good tip that I discovered though. When storing my berets I use those zip lock freezer storage bags. Inside of them I place a small piece of bounce, you know those dryer sheets! They make the cloth smell nice and also keep rodents and moths away.
Jeff A

Good idea for storage. Unfortunately, I don't really have room to display them flat. (I still live in a dinky college student's apartment.) I'd prefer to hang them up somehow - but doing that you end up with a bunch of fabric circles on the wall with the interesting stuff hidden away, or you punch holes in them..

I don't really have a huge collection (yet):
Bundeswehr Para
Bundeswehr Medical Corps
Bundeswehr Artillery
Bundeswehr Jaeger
Post-communist Polish Infantry
French Marines
French Foreign Legion Para

My collection, for the most part, is tied in with my interest in piecing together complete uniforms

Thanks,
--Chris