Original U.S. WWI “Marking Outfit For Stamping Metal” M1910 Dog Tag Stamping Kit - Complete British Militaria It still has clear embossed

It still has clear embossed markings on it:

Colonel John George Vaughan Hart BRITISH WEST INDIA REGIMENT

Size is marked 7 1/4

taking credit for catching the first German spy in the United States

The rifle now measures 56" in overall length

Original U.S. WWI “Marking Outfit For Stamping Metal” M1910 Dog Tag Stamping Kit - Complete British Militaria It still has clear embossedOriginal 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