Text and Tag Styles

What You Get With Third Tag

The additional $7.00 dog tag includes one stamped dog tag and one black silencer.
Extra ball chains are not included and are sold separately.
For additional ball chains, see the “Dog Tag Accessories” page after you have finished ordering the dog tags.

Original dog tags come in sets of two tags. A third tag would only be used separately as on a boot, or a bag, or for a gift for someone.

What You Get With Third Tag

The additional $6.00 dog tag includes one stamped dog tag and one black silencer.
Extra ball chains are not included and are sold separately.
For additional ball chains, see the “Dog Tag Accessories” page after you have finished ordering the dog tags.

Original dog tags come in sets of two tags. A third tag would only be used separately as on a boot, or a bag, or for a gift for someone.

Spacing

Sometimes, it is hard to see on the computer screen exactly how the text will look when the dog tags are stamped. 5 blank spaces between elements can be shown on the screen as 1 space and sometimes as multiple spaces.

If you select: “Exact number of spaces” this means if you put 5 blank spaces in the text after let’s say after a name, then we will put 5 spaces on the dog tags despite how it appears on your screen.

If you select: “Stamp text according to the format for the era” we are assuming you do not have an original dog tag and that we will format the text appropriate to the time period.

If you have an original dog tag, you can send it to us and we will figure out the spacing. See options below for uploading a picture.

Tag Configuration

Silencer Color

What is darkened text?

Indent text, because it is stamped downward, has a tendency, over time, to gather dirt within the letters. This makes the letters easier to read. If you would like, we can add black color to the letters for an additional $5.00 USD.

See Text Alignment Options

Centered text is not military spec. Here is an example of each alignment:

Emboss vs Indent Text Types

Emboss–Newer Style (Raised lettering). Adopted by the US military in the 1980s. Approximately 50% of all US military bases use Emboss–it depends on what equipment is available at each base.

Indent–Vintage Style (Sunken lettering). Indent was the only type used during WWII, the Korean War, and The Vietnam War.

Unable to Upload?

If you are unable to upload your photo now, please finish ordering. You can email your photo separately attached to an ordinary email sent to “sarg@armydogtags.com”.

Available Characters

Only certain characters can be put on your dog tags, and all others will be ignored/replaced. To be sure of the final results, please choose from the following:

Emboss:
English Capital letters A – Z
Numbers 0 – 9
and the following characters:
period .
comma ,
dash –
apostrophe, single quote ‘
forward slash /
question mark ?
exclamation point !
colon :
at character @
and character &
number character #
plus character +

Indent:
English Capital letters A – Z
Numbers 0 – 9
and the following characters:
period .
comma ,
dash –
apostrophe, single quote ‘
forward slash /
plus sign +

Specific characters that are not available:

Emoji
Parentheses
Accented characters
Lowercase letters

Hole Placement

Examples of hole placement:

What you get with White Text option

Black tag with regular text. The paint is not removed from the letters.

Black tag with the paint removed from the letters, making the letters look white. The “white” color is achieved by seeing the underlying metal.

Color Options

Traditional Stainless Steel is standard military issue.
Sometimes, Shiny Stainless Steel is used.
These are the only two options shown on the current form.

Other colors are available and are not standard military issue. If you want to order one of these colors, click on the images shown below to visit those respective order pages:

Anodized Aluminum Tags

Colorful Tags - colors — Red, Purple, Orange, Green, Gold, Blue

Rolled Front vs Rolled Back

Rolled Edge to Front (the rolled edge can be seen when reading the text) is how we usually stamp Current Issue dog tags.

WWII and Korea era dog tags were stamped with the rolled edge to the back (the rolled edge can not be seen when reading the text).

Rolled Edge to the Front or Rolled Edge to the Back—neither is better than the other; it’s simply your preference.

Current Army Issue	Current Navy Issue	Identification Tag
Gift Tag	Current Air Force Issue	Current USMC Issue

Choice of Lettering

What do you write on dog tags?

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