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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4223355, member: 36"]They used silver coins for this sort of stuff right into WWII. I have a sweetheart necklace made from an Australian dime and a piece of airplane windshield. The guys and local populace used what was handy. Since silver wasn't being manufactured they used coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our guys in Iraq/Afghanistan got their service numbers tattooed on their torsos just in case. No record of if anyone had to be IDed that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4223355, member: 36"]They used silver coins for this sort of stuff right into WWII. I have a sweetheart necklace made from an Australian dime and a piece of airplane windshield. The guys and local populace used what was handy. Since silver wasn't being manufactured they used coinage. Our guys in Iraq/Afghanistan got their service numbers tattooed on their torsos just in case. No record of if anyone had to be IDed that way.[/QUOTE]
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