Jostens provides products and services that help people celebrate achievement, reward performance, recognize service and commemorate experiences. SICs: 2732 Book Printing 2752 Commercial Printing, Lithographic 3900 Miscellaneous Manufacture 3911 Jewelry, Precious Metal 7389 Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified Or, you can hang them in your locker, display them on a corkboard in your room, or let them hang from your backpack.Incorporated: 1906 as Jostens Manufacturing Company Over clothing allows you to show off your style. Under is more intimate as it is close to your heart, serving as a personal reminder of memories made. Class dog tags can be worn under clothes or over them. It’s a keepsake as much as a fashion statement. It represents you at this unique moment in time. Show off your style with your own class tag necklace by including your birthstone, your school or team’s colors, a special design, or an inscription. Musicians, rappers, athletes, and other stars have been seen wearing them, only adding to their popularity. They are easily customizable and have developed an aesthetic appeal over the years. High school graduation jewelry class tags are also popular because of their style. Wearing it as you complete the next phase of life, whether that is college, travel, or other endeavors, will remind you of all the wonderful memories of high school, and how much you have grown since then. Given the history of dog tags, why are they such a popular way to celebrate high school graduation? Remember how they used to commemorate a fallen soldier in World War II? Well, they are still worn in a commemorative way today: to memorialize the accomplishment of finishing a high school education. In both the past and the present, a dog tag includes a name and other personal information. Others attribute the phrase to William Randolph Hearst, as the phrase was first printed in his publication in 1936 for political reasons. So, how did the dog tag get its name? No one knows for sure, but since they were first used for military purposes, it suggests that the military treated draftees like “dogs.” And of course, “tag” denotes identifying information. They evoke mystery: are they your tags? Or from a loved one? What do they say? It makes the wearer look tough yet alluring. They are also used as unisex jewelry to express your style. In the case of their incapacitation, an emergency medical technician could quickly know of any medical condition that might affect emergency medical care. For example, a person with diabetes or a severe allergy might opt to wear dog tags denoting their medical condition.

Instead, they are worn to memorialize fellow fallen soldiers.Ĭurrently, dog tags also are used for medical purposes. So dog tags are no longer worn to identify soldiers. In the military today, identification is ascertained through DNA. The material and shape of dog tags changed over the years, but modern design began during World War II: a silver, metallic, rectangular pendant with rounded edges hung on a silver metallic ball chain. Starting in the first World War, soldiers could also note their religion on their dog tags. All American troops were required to have dog tags by around 1917. In fact, soldiers began wearing two: one to have on record, and one to identify the soldiers’ bodies. They increased in use over the 20th century. At the time, they came marked with the soldier’s rank, name, and regiment to be worn underneath their uniform. They were first requested in 1899 at the end of the Spanish-American War. Dog tags weren’t issued in any official capacity in the U.S. They were used in an unofficial capacity other identifiers were also used during this time. That way, their body, and possessions could be sent home to their families. The dog tag at this time was a sturdy material, usually a metal, imprinted with the soldier’s name. goes back to the Civil War during the 1860s. The first known use of dog tags in the U.S. Soldiers throughout history have worn dog tags or other forms of identification.

Dog tags were first intended to be worn around soldiers’ necks to identify their bodies in case the worst came to worst on the battlefields.

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