Kev, that is too funny!!!

I too am a patch collector, but I have resisted the temptation to put them on my gear. I pick some up almost everywhere I go.
I even traded for a couple of Earthlings patches from the boxes.

My mom took all my Scout patches that I collected over the years (some quite rare) and sewed them onto a quilt. It now hangs on my son's bedroom wall. For me, these patches bring back fond memories.

I have my dad's Samsonite suitcase from his college days (48-52) and it has stickers from all the places he visited on his senior trip.

GT - if you want to display some of those patches, you could sew them onto a day pack or similar piece of gear. I have an old Jansport book bag that is my day pack that I toss in the truck when I go backpacking. It holds a change of clean, cotton clothes for when I get off the trail and a few other items. It always get comments about the patches and the places it's been.

Enjoy!