BramVdV1 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 This is an interesting set of dogtags from a german soldier named Walter (or Walther) Unger. He was born on June 26th 1896 in Saarbrücken. So he would have turned 18 just before the start of ww1. The first dogtag is a model of 1878. It still has the original black and white string and it only shows his name. The second tag is a model 1915. It shows his name, place of birth, date of birth and his unit. It still has most of the original string, but it's not as long as it's supposed to be. It did come with a short piece of thicker string, but I'm not sure if that really belongs with it. Maybe an old repair that came loose again? I think it's really interesting to have these two tags together. The soldier probably kept his old tag when it was supposed to be replaced by the newer one. If anyone has any more information about this person, I'd be glad to hear! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Older dogtags were always issued in pairs, one large one small, in 1916 this was changed to a larger dog tag in two halfs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramVdV1 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 20 hours ago, Fritz said: Older dogtags were always issued in pairs, one large one small, in 1916 this was changed to a larger dog tag in two halfs Oh thanks! I didn't know they were issued in pairs. Nice set of tags too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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