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Has anyone got any photos/images (even drawings will do if they're from an "official" source!) of any of the following ID tags that they could share with me, please?

Japanese (type 38???) - Found

Portugese (wooden type (preferably) or the british style)

Russian (wooden phial type) - Found

Turkish

Serbian ("tin plate" tag)

Chinese (rivetted bracelet)

British (pre-1906 identity card (not the colonial version)- does anyone have the AO reference for this also, please?)

Thanks.

Dave.

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While I'm thinking... I could also do with an image of a New Zealand tag (not private purchase variety) that differs from the standard British 1914/16 patterns.

Thanks.

Dave

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I have this Japanese tag (amongst others) ,but is it the same pattern (adopted 1905/6) that they would have been wearing in 1914?

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On 10/06/2008 at 16:38, CROONAERT said:

Has anyone got any photos/images (even drawings will do if they're from an "official" source!) of any of the following ID tags that they could share with me, please?

Japanese (type 38???) - Found

Portugese (wooden type (preferably) or the british style)

Russian (wooden phial type) - Found

Turkish

Serbian ("tin plate" tag)

Chinese (rivetted bracelet)

British (pre-1906 identity card (not the colonial version)- does anyone have the AO reference for this also, please?)

Thanks.

Dave.

Hi Dave,

In September I found an Ottoman soldier's ID tag behind the Courtney and Steeles Post cemetery on the Second Ridge at Gallipoli. The  only other example like it was a photo taken of one on the AWM site that was found by Charles Bean. In all my years at Gallipoli it's the only example that I've found or even seen. This one is from a soldier of the 72 Battalion which hailed from Syria and was probably lost in the major counter attack of 19 May 1915

Ottoman ID Tag Sept 2024.jpg

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Hi Roachie,

Sadly the Forum member 'Croonaert' has passed away (fairly recently I think).  edit : it was 2022 I believe, you will find him here listed under 'C'.                                                                            Great War Forum Roll of Honour - The Great War (1914-1918) Forum

BillyH.

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37 minutes ago, BillyH said:

Hi Roachie,

Sadly the Forum member 'Croonaert' has passed away (fairly recently I think).  edit : it was 2022 I believe, you will find him here listed under 'C'.                                                                            Great War Forum Roll of Honour - The Great War (1914-1918) Forum

BillyH.

Sorry to hear that,

My thoughts go out to all who knew him. Thanks for letting me know

Roachie

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