German WWI ID Disks

[Hoffmann]

I could not find anyone advertising WWI German ID disk stamping, so I did a little research and found a good source for how to stamp a dogtag

Linky

I made up a sketch of exactly how I wanted my tag to look and read, and then I sent it to vendor's that stamp WWII dogtags until I found one that would stamp my tag the way I wanted. WWI tags have nearly twice as much writing, so it cost me a chunk, but as long as I don't lose it, I'm good to go.

Unfortunately, the guy that did mine no longer seems to be around, so if you find someone, let everybody know.

Randall

[Marcus]

Thanks Randall..that's a good file.

I'm wondering if Hessen will do it if you send them the information or maybe Soldat. I'm going to email them and find out.

[Hoffmann]

I'm wondering if Hessen will do it if you send them the information or maybe Soldat. I'm going to email them and find out.

Did you ever get a hold of Hessen on this?

Randall

[Marcus]

Yes...sorry for no update.

No..they can't do it. Their stamps are too big for this application.

Cyrus at Soldat FHQ is in the same boat. He can do the earlier 3 line discs though.

[sturmkatze]

I have a photocopy of the Dogtag book. They were all over the place, on what size. style the stamps were. A safe bet though, would be 1/8 inch w/ upper and lower case figures AND w/ serifs on the font.