Which flag

[TheSp8]

I'll echo the advice to use your grandfather's flag and medals to make a shadow box to honor his service. My grandfather wasn't allowed to enlist due to being in a vital occupation. He raised and lowered a flag everyday for as far back as I remember. When he died I got that flag and it now sits in it's own display box on the top shelf of our home desk. The flag I received upon retirement will go into a box with my medals, qualification badges, and any other acoutrements I think should help represent my career.

YMOS,
Tony

[dadgad]

Lyle1 hit the nail back in the beginning. A coffin flag is much larger (6x9) than what is used for the retirement box. I have my father's flag in a separate box, just a triangle box without the space for medals/ribbons and badges. I picked one up at the PX at Ft Meade. Now I proudly display both my retirement box (flag from the USS John F. Kennedy) and my father's flag.

[Taygrd]

As others have stated coffin flags are much larger and each flag represents the same type of service, however your grandfathers flags represents his service and commitment, whereas your flag represents yours. In that light I see the two flags as seperate and should be kept as such. I would still case and display your grandfathers flag since it has such a proud heritage.