#Wwii us navy waves patch serial number
#Wwii us navy waves patch serial
#Wwii us navy waves patch code

New tags issued would follow a standard layout of Last Name, First Name Initial.

The last change to US Army identification tags during WW2 in 1944 was essentially an administrative one.

This change was done to prevent the enemy from intimidating captured soldiers by threatening their family with the information carried on their Dog Tag. Soldiers heading overseas to fight in Europe with existing tags were issued new tags minus their next of kin information.

The next major change to the information on US Army Dog Tags came in July of 1943 when the emergency contact information was removed from issued tags for a good reason.

#Wwii us navy waves patch code

A letter code was also added to the fifth or fourth line to indicate their religious preference. This new information greatly assisted with medical treatments in the field.

#Wwii us navy waves patch serial

The second line, in addition to the serial number, now included the years of the wearerвЂ™s tetanus shots and their blood type. Beginning in November of 1941 regulations greatly improved the value of the identification tags by including critical medical information.Lines three to five were used to record the emergency contact information, usually their next of kinвЂ™s name, address, city and state.

#Wwii us navy waves patch serial number

In 1940 the US Army issued Dog Tags with the top two lines for the soldierвЂ™s name and serial number respectively.The notch of the Dog Tag was designed to align and hold the Dog Tag in place in a hand held printer called the Model 70 Addressograph which was used in the field to quickly transfer the soldier's name and serial number to medical and other paper based records. The size and shape of the new Dog Tags could hold much more information than the previous styles.

The new Dog Tags called for in 1939 were machine embossed on Monel based on commercial store credit plates, developed by the Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation of Cleveland, that could transfer information from the tags to paper records using carbon pages. The information stamped (mostly by hand) was usually limited to the soldierвЂ™s name and serial number. Up until then the Dog Tags used during and since WW1 were variations on a round tag made of aluminum and then later Monel, a metal alloy. Recognizing that the world was heading to war in 1939 the US Army wanted a better system to identify their soldiers. Alternatively, if you have the original Dog Tags in-hand it may be easier to just recreate them directly on the Dog Tag Maker page, or just email us us a photo of them and we can do it for you.

To assist with making replica regulation Navy & USMC Dog Tags 1921-1950 (WWII Era) we have created a template that automatically formats the information to the era-specific layout. These tags were also issued to The United States Naval Women's Reserve during WWII, better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Contact us if you require a fingerprint laser engraved on the back of your replica dogtags. Read more about the history of Navy Dogtags, their official launch, and how fingerprints were etched on the back on the official Naval History and Heritage Command website. Our reproductions are made of matte finish stainless steel with laser engraved dark etching.

They were oval shaped, had either one (P1917) or two (P1940) holes, and were engraved or etched rather than debossed or stamped. Navy and Marine Corps wore Dog Tags of a different shape than the Army and Air Force.