Running Memories Medal Hanger

A collection of medals is a diary nobody wrote

Each one has a date, a city and a weather report attached to it that only the runner can read. The one from the year everything hurt. The one from the race that was cancelled and then was not. A drawer flattens all of that into a pile of metal.

Hung in order, it becomes legible again. That is the whole argument for a wall display over storage, and it is why the rail keeps them in sequence rather than in a heap.

Runners who have moved house several times tend to have medals in more than one box. Putting the whole collection up at once is usually the moment they discover how many there are.

This medal holder comes in the widths listed here. For a gift, err wide — nobody has ever complained about too much room.

Size & capacity

Not sure which size?

Find every box before choosing a size. This is the design most often bought too small.

The steel, and why it matters

Every medal display in the range is AISI 304 — the same grade used for kitchen surfaces and marine fittings — at 2.5-3 mm depending on width. It doesn't rust, doesn't chip, and doesn't need looking after.

The bar is continuous. That's the whole difference from a hook rack: hooks give you a fixed count, a rail gives you a length.

Fitting it to the wall

Comes with stainless standoffs, fixings and a paper drilling template. On plasterboard use proper anchors rather than the plugs supplied — a full display is heavier than it looks.

When it fills up

A second unit mounts flush against the first, so the wall still reads as one piece rather than two things hung near each other. The widest version holds up to 110 medals across three rails.

Delivery

Every medal display is cut and finished in our own workshop and dispatched within 3–5 working days. Returns accepted for fourteen days.