We hand cut a piece of 1×8 solid pine, and cut it to shape. We then sanded and painted the chevron a base color. We affixed a custom machine cut chevron to fit the dimensions.
The pedestal is made from a solid piece of wood, and we added a base cover. This is all attached to the removable lid. Here you can store some smaller sized items (flask? 😝) or momentos.
The base was painted Navy blue, and we’ve added the NCO Blood stripe to the sides of the base. This was made to resemble the Marine Corps dress blue trousers.
In the front, we added a premium card stock message, over the unit’s crest. The message was encased behind plexiglass and held in place with some brass tacks. The color compliments the premium paper background (similar to award citations) and the gold chevron above.
We truly hope you enjoy it!
Semper fidelis!