Personalised British Army stainless steel military dog tag set - laser engraved with custom message

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Some Prussian units were issued with such a tag – a small, iron rectangular plate marked up with unit detail - as a trial (unsubstantiated), but many (most?) were discarded by the troops in a superstitious fear of death. Some 8 months after the Battle of Koniggratz (Sadowa) of 3rd July 1866, the identity of approx 1,500 soldiers (out of 2,200 Prussian dead) had not yet been established forcing another push for the establishment to issue some form of Army-wide identity tag. Today’s British Army tags are made out of non magnetic surgical stainless steel and two tags are issued. One of the tags hangs on a long 24-inch chain and the other on a short 4.5-inch chain. The tags are inscribed with your blood group, service number, surname, initials and religion and are only issued to the troops when they are on active service. These discs were stamped from thin aluminium sheet and measured approximately 35mm in diameter with an 8mm “tab”. The Russian soldiers serving in France, however, were better catered for, receiving the Mle.1881 discs of their host army.

The Russian Armed Forces use oval metal tags, similar to the dog tags of the Soviet Army. Each tag contains the title ВС РОССИИ ( Russian for 'Armed Forces of Russia') and the individual's alphanumeric number, as shown on the photo. Thin aluminium discs were the first official types, typically made at Regimental depots on fairground-style machines, punching into the soft metal one letter at a time. The layout was rarely in perfect alignment. state a religious, moral, or other objection to artificial resuscitation, if a first responder attempts to administer such treatment when the wearer is non-responsive and thus unable to warn against doing so. A DNR signed by a physician is still required in some states.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:

specify them as having health problems that may interact adversely with medical treatments, especially standard or "first-line" ones (as in the case of an allergy to common medications) Some tags (along with similar items such as MedicAlert bracelets) are used also by civilians to identify their wearers and: Additionally, the right hand side of each half-tag is engraved DANMARK (Danish for 'DENMARK'). [25] details. The reverse was initially blank, but would later contain details of any transfers between units. However, in October 1883 , these details were simplified and, from then on, the obverse would be stamped with the soldier's surname and first name along with his “class” year (ie.the year in which he became eligible for compulsory military service) or, in the case of volunteers ,the year of his voluntary enlistment preceded by the letters ‘E.V’ (Engages Voluntaires). On the reverse was to be found his military district (as related to place of birth, not necessarily that of residence) and his service number at recruitment. No further details would be stamped on the disc throughout the soldier's service.Dimension-wise, the 1916 disc was pretty much identical to the 1915 disc. Similar detail was contained either side of the serration and, again, subsequent unit detail may also be found on the reverse. As with all German discs, much variety in shape, size and material can be encountered, but the 1916 disc appears to have been the most “standardised” of them all. US Civic Political" (PDF). ajcarchives.org. pp.178–179. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-06-16 . Retrieved 2011-05-30. In more recent times, dog tags were provided to Chinese soldiers as early as the mid-19th century. During the Taiping revolt (1851–66), both the Imperialists (i.e., the Chinese Imperial Army regular servicemen) and those Taiping rebels wearing a uniform wore wooden dog tags at the belt, bearing the soldier's name, age, birthplace, unit, and date of enlistment. [4] American Civil War [ edit ] Recreations of personal historical Dog Tags from specific war eras make sentimental souvenir mementos to honor the memory of a loved one.

This article is about identification tags worn by military personnel. For the version worn by pets, see pet tag. For other uses, see Dog tag (disambiguation). Tags are properly known as identification tags; the term "dog tags" has never been used in regulations. [31] Belgian Forces identity tags are, like the Canadian and Norwegian, designed to be broken in two in case of fatality; the lower half is returned to the Belgian Defence staff, while the upper half remains on the body. The tags contain the following information: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 Tags German Bundeswehr ID tags are an oval-shaped disc designed to be broken in half. They are made of stainless steel, 50.3 millimetres (1.98in) height and 80 millimetres (3.1in) width. The two sides contain different information which are mirrored upside-down on the lower half of the ID tag. They feature the following information on segmented and numbered fields: 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! Friedrich Loeffler [ de], Das Preussische Militär-Sanitätswesen und seine Reform nach der Kriegserfahrung von 1866: 2 parts, Berlin: Hischwald, 1868 and 1869, pt. 1 'Die freiwillige Krankenpflege und die Genfer Convention vom 22. August 1864 nach der Kriegserfahrung von 1866', p. 63. No ISBN. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( June 2020)