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World War 1 dog tag stamping kit including all pieces and templates very rare!!
$ 237.6
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World War 1 dog tag stamping kit including all pieces and templates very rare!!.Condition is "
Used
". Shipped with USPS First Class. All WWI dog tags were hand-stamped. Dog tag stamping kits like this one were issued to a company’s supply sergeant and kept under tight control. This kit was used to replace and repair lost or damaged dog tags. The kit came
complete
with a brass anvil, hammer, and tin plates.
Vary rare unique, collectable, antique almost seems like another world (1906 to 1918
).
Dog tags originated in the Civil War as simple notes soldiers pinned to their uniforms with their name and hometown. Others engraved their names into belt plates or wrote their names on their knapsacks. In 1906 the U.S. Army began issuing pairs of aluminum dog tags. In the event of a soldier’s death, one tag stayed with the body and the second tag was given to the individual in charge of the burial. In 1918 the Army added a serial number along with the soldier’s name and any medical alerts.