Identity Discs in the Canadian Army

See MilArticle here - http://servicepub.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/identity-discs-in-the-canadian-army/

thanks for this one Clive, I am looking forward to having the time to read this article. although I get any discs seem like a very simple things, I have come to learn that this is not the case

The discs I was issued in 1990 are made from a very light and somewhat soft metal that would discolor from contact with the skin and sweat. I have always thought it was aluminum but I didn't see aluminum mentioned in the article. I don't think my disc is monel as monel is closer in appearance to stainless steel, or so I thought. While on tour in Croatia in 1992 we were issued two sets of stainless steel (monel?) discs that still had our social insurance numbers on them. I found it odd that the lettering was rather messy and crude looking compared to my aluminum(?) disc. A few years later we received another disc with the new service numbers.

Regardless, I enjoyed the article and am looking forward to seeing some more. Keep up the great work Clive.

Hi,

A good article, very interesting.

What are the size of the two discs during the WWII?

Cheers!
Florent

Hello,
Nobody have the dimensions of the wwii ID discs ?

Thanks in advance,
Flo'

If anyone's interested, Soldier of Fortune is reproducing these:

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/printed-british-army-id-dog-tags-product,6104

Just make sure you specify you want Canadian pattern ones, not British.

Hi,

It can easily made at home, but I need the measurements.

The circle disc is simple enough... it is 1 3/8" in diameter but it's the octagon disc that is a bit more complicated to describe. It measures 1 5/16" side to side, 1 1/2" top to bottom. The top, bottom and sides measure roughly 5/8" while the remaining four corners are about 1/2". Of course the corners are rounded so there is slight variation in the measurements. The hole for the cord is 3/16". I hope this makes sense and if not I can try to make a photo and add the measurements.

Thanks a lot ! :)