Tags similar to French Mle 1881 and/or British patterns issued. Occasionally tags similar to British “No.2” disc were encountered…quite often made of wood!

In the Finnish Defence Forces, " tunnuslevy" or WWII term " tuntolevy" (Finnish for "Identification plate") is made of stainless steel and designed to be broken in two; however, the only text on it is the personal identification number and the letters "FI" or "SF" in older models, which stands for Suomi Finland, within a tower stamped atop of the upper half. In August 1914 the army began to expand and it became apparent that keeping up with production and the expense of aluminium would be too much. So on the 21st August 1914 a new disk was designed which would then be used for the next 50 years. Two disks were used one a red/brown and the other green and made out of vulcanised asbestos fibre. Both disks were worn and in the event of you being killed the red tag was removed and the green one was left with the soldiers body, if there was enough time it was placed in the mouth. Williams, Joshua (2018-12-19). "The History of Dog Tags". Medals of America - Military Blog . Retrieved 2022-01-24.

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In May 1862, John Kennedy from New York proposed that each Union soldier be issued with an ID tag. This idea was rejected but it did not stop soldiers on both sides from buying or making their own. And so, the premise for an ID Tag, dog-tag as it resembles those tags worn by our pets, was sown. The first army to issue its troops with dog tags was the Prussians. Their troops wore them in the 1870 Franco Prussian war and they were called ‘recognition tags’. After this, many other countries began to follow in their footsteps. Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (2009-12-21). "Technische Lieferbedingungen: Erkennungsmarken und Halsketten: TL 8465-0066" (PDF). bwbm.de (in German and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-25 . Retrieved 2021-04-08. The Model 70 took advantage of this fact, and was intended to rapidly print all of the information from a soldier's dogtag directly onto medical and personnel forms, with a single squeeze of the trigger. However, this requires that the tag being inserted with the proper orientation (stamped characters facing down), and it was believed that battlefield stress could lead to errors. To force proper orientation of the tags, the tags are produced with a notch, and there is a locator tab inside the Model 70 which prevents the printer from operating if the tag is inserted with the notch in the wrong place (as it is if the tag is upside down). Unlike US forces, British service personnel are issued with their identification tags only when on active duty.

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( June 2020) In addition to the regular circular dog tags, service personnel may also be issued with an allergy / medical tag. The military of Denmark use dog tags made from small, rectangular metal plates. The tag is designed to be broken into two pieces each with the following information stamped onto it: The bottom half contains the nationality and birth number and has a hole so the broken-off half can be hung on a ring. The British Army now use surgical stainless steel tags, one is on a 24" chain and the other is on a 4.5" chain. The tags are usually inscribed with service number, blood group, surname, initials and religion. Modern Dog TagsFrom 1960 these were replaced with stainless steel ID tags on a green nylon cord, two circular and one oval. The oval was withdrawn around 1990. There are many styles of dog tags to suit any taste. All of our solid sterling silver tags are Hand Engraved, this is deeply cut out by hand, this ensures that your special name, date, message lasts forever. Gives details on French, Belgian, German etc ID tags, and how they all changed during the First World War Books The ball chain is of X5CrNi1810, diameter of ball is 3.5mm, that of the wire 1.5mm. Closure is of 1.4301, stainless steel, too. The long chain is 680 + 30mm long, the short one 145 + 7mm. Breaking force of the chain including the closure must reach 100 N, after 10 min glow at 1200°C in air at least 10 N.

The first ever issue of an official identity tag ( the Recognoscirungsmarke – “recognition tag”) is to the combatant troops of the German Armies of Prussia, the North German Confederation and their allies upon mobilization for the invasion of France (some 883,000 combatants (only 470,000 of whom were “Prussian”) out of a total mobilisation strength of 1,183,000) Service Number; the first two digits state the starting year of service and the other eight digits state the specific unit of the person. These new discs were still oval, but now measured approximately 7cm by 5cm and contained the soldier’s name, date of birth and home town details along with his regimental details. From this point, recruit unit details may also be found (located on the obverse of the disc), but these were sometimes blanked out by the time the soldier was allocated to his active service unit. Details of the soldier’s present and previous units may also be found (officially blanked or “lined out” following subsequent transfers) on the reverse. Even after the issue of the 1915 disc, there remained the problem of post-mortem identification of soldiers. Upon death, the identity disc was removed for records, leaving the body with no identification. Even though it would be known that the particular soldier was dead, if the body was not able to be recovered until later (for whatever reason), there would be no way, especially if discovered by a different unit, that identification could be given to the corpse. The first attempts at solving this problem was done at a regimental/company level by stamping the identical details onto a 1915 disc twice, separated by a score mark. The intention of this was to break the disc in half, taking half (with full details) for records and leaving the other half (also with full details) on the body should the need for future identification arise. Thanks to an article in The Illustrated War News in 1916, a modern misconception has been that Turkish brass “signature seals” were actually used as an identity tag.

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Estonian dog tags are designed to be broken in two. The dog tag is a metallic rounded rectangle suspended by a ball chain. Information consists of four fields: On 10 th April of this year, Article 26 of the German Wartime Medical Regulations stated the necessity of an Army-wide tag to be issued to all troops, even those of non-combatant units. Rectangular piece, 35x45 mm, designed to be broken in two. Includes soldier's first and last name, coded date and place of birth, identification number, religious affiliation, and blood group. [ citation needed] Japan [ edit ] Upon their entry into the war in 1915, the Italian Army was one of the few major European armies that had never considered any permanent form of identity disc as a separately worn means of identification for its soldiers. Prior to, and at the time of the outbreak of war (since the publication of circolare n° 207 del Giornale Militare Ufficiale