$14.99 / Complete Set

Complete set includes:

• 2 Stamped notched dog tags
• 27" Stainless steel ball chain
• 5.5" Stainless steel ball chain
• 2 Black silencers
• FREE shipping

Note: Most soldiers did not have silencers (rubber edge placed around dog tags to keep tags silent) issued to them though they were available late in 1944. However, we include silencers just in case you need them.

WWII and Korean Conflict dog tags come complete with tooth notch and rolled edge.

To find out what the notch was used for click here.

To read about the history of dog tags click here.

Today, the notched tag is no longer used by the US government and has been replaced by one tag placed on a short chain, 5.5" long, commonly referred to as the "Toe Tag".

Serial numbers were issued due to the growing number of soldiers with common names as Brown, Smith, etc. Serial numbers starting with various digits designated different service.

• Serial numbers beginning with a "1" designated Regular Army
• Serial numbers beginning with a "20" designated National Guard
• Serial numbers beginning with a "3" designated Draftees
• Serial numbers beginning with a "O-" designated Officers
• Serial numbers beginning with "RA" designated Regular Army

Today, the Armed Forces uses a soldier's social security number as identification.

The formats shown on this page are the most common formats for the time period. However, it is possible that your tags were stamped differently. During WWII computers were not available so every issued dog tag had to be produced by hand. An operator during that time would be "lucky" to work on an electric dog tag machine. Yet, each letter had to be keyed by hand and mistakes made on the last line meant the entire tag had to be re-stamped. Therefore, it is understandable if operators got tired and omitted information or abbreviated names. It is even possible that the machinery may not have been working properly or letters were missing.

Thus, if you would like exact replicas of your dog tags, we encourage you to take a picture of your dog tags and fax or send it by mail to us. If a picture is not available, a penciled stencil (a picture formed by placing a piece of paper over the tags and carefully rubbing a pencil over it to obtain an impression of the tag) can be made and sent to us. We can use that to reproduce the spacing and positioning of the letters on the tag. Our replications are so good some people have a hard time telling the original from the copy.

To find out more about blood type go to our "Blood Type" page.

To find out more about current issue dog tags go to our "Current Issue Dog Tags" page.

To order WWII Notched Dog Tags go to the secured on-line web page.