Interesting USMC dog tag

[bellasilva]

Just got this in today. I've only seen a few examples of USMC tags with this typeset. This Marine was difficult to research because of his common name, but from what I did find, he enlisted in 1947 and spent a hell of a lot of time in the brig, once for being AWOL for a month.

[ww2relichunter]

neat trouble makers dogtags are the picks coming up

[bellasilva]

Tag

[ww2relichunter]

i havent ever seen any like that very nice tag

[bellasilva]

Thanks. There's actually one up on ebay right now with this same typeset, from a Marine who enlisted in 1948.

[Brig]

and spent a hell of a lot of time in the brig,

that sounds quite unpleasant for me

[ww2relichunter]

Is this style of dogtags hard to find and what years where they issued up too ?

[Brig]

the shape was issued through Korea...as for the large serial number, this is the first example I've seen

[ww2relichunter]

hmm mabye it is a very rare type of tag with large serial ??

[Bellumbill]

This shape tag was used by the USN and USMC from the 1920s through the early part of the Korean War, the only difference was the switch from a single hole to a double hole tag in the early 1940s.

 

As far as the stamping, looks like the lettering was done with a standard US Army machine as opposed to a USN/USMC machine. Hard to know why, though. The serial number style I've never seen before on any military dog tag, I wouldn't begin to know where to venture a guess it came from.

 

As far as the high serial number, by the end of WWII they were up to seven digits, though they are rare to find for Korea or WWII. Tags in the 800s and 900s were quite common in WWII, 800s for 17 year old enlistees and 900s for draftees.

 

Good luck in your research -

 

Best,

 

Bill K.

[Brig]

I was under the impression that they were issued in a pair, one with two holes and one with one

[Terry K.]

that sounds quite unpleasant for me

 

Hey Brig,

From what I have seen of them they are unpleasent! Of course I have really only seen two, MCAS Cherry Point and one at Camp Lajeune.

Before you get any ideas, I picked up prisoners and escorted them, not

being one.

Terry

[Brig]

Hey Brig,

From what I have seen of them they are unpleasent! Of course I have really only seen two, MCAS Cherry Point and one at Camp Lajeune.

Before you get any ideas, I picked up prisoners and escorted them, not

being one.

Terry

No wrong idea, never had the misfortune of getting a chaser card

 

I think you missed my pun, however