Where do Personalized Military Dog Tags Come From?
ID tags date back as far as the civil war, when soldiers used wooden id tags to identify themselves. Later during WW1 and WW11 they were called dog tags, when the army required that soldiers used rectangular shaped aluminum plaques for identification, because they were shaped like dog tags, soldiers named them that. Today dog tags can be made of many materials. The most traditional are made of stainless steel, aluminum or brass, but there are also designer tags made of gold, silver or a combination. Gemstones like birthstones, diamonds, combination of metals, pearls, onyx and just about any stone can be integrated in todays gold dog tags or silver dog tags. Who Gets Dog Tags? As mentioned before dog tags are extremely popular with teens, and especially when they can customize them in many different places. In fact many share dog tags or exchange them as friendship gifts. Parents have found dog tags great gifts for their children. In fact some parents laser engrave photos of themselves
