Original U.S. WWI “Marking Outfit For Stamping Metal” M1910 Dog Tag Stamping Kit - Complete French Machine Guns bearing a heavy black finish

bearing a heavy black finish

960th weapon

with no sticking

THE KING'S OWN REGIMENT

It is embossed with JHS and the underside of the sweatband is marked size 57 with 1942 date

Original U.S. WWI “Marking Outfit For Stamping Metal” M1910 Dog Tag Stamping Kit - Complete French Machine Guns bearing a heavy black finishOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 soldiers 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