Duplicating dog tags

From time to time we get emails from customers after they receive their dog tags concerned that our tags do not look like the ones they were issued. We are careful to post large, sharp and accurate photos on our website of what our tags look like. Over the years tags have been made using many different models of machines and some operate differently than others. Tags have been made with the rolled edge up and some with the rolled edge down. Some with the hole on the left and others with the hole on the right. The biggest point of contention though is the text. The modern standard is raised text which is called embossed. Older machines used sunken or debossed text. When the military purchases new machines however they do not scrap all of the old ones. Many of these machines are very rugged and last for decades. That is why we still get the occasional Guard or Reservist soldier asking why the tags we sent them have raised text. Their units still use older machines. Your best bet is to look at the photos closely because not all dog tags were made alike.