Corrected entry: When Dean-Charles Chapman (Blake) salutes Colin Firth, his sleeve slides back and you see a gold chain with a clasp. Pretty sure, but not an expert, that men didn't wear those back then. Belgian and French troops had identity bracelets, but they were not gold. British troops had standard dog tags on a leather thong around their necks.
wizard_of_gore
22nd Jan 2020
1917 (2019)
Correction: British soldiers were issued red and green asbestos identity tags, the green to be left with the body and the red to be removed (this is correctly shown when Schofield hands a red disc to Blake's brother.) Metal identity bracelets were privately available and popular during the Great War, especially among sailors.
Correction: British soldiers wore an ID tag on a chain bracelet on their wrists.
Only Belgian and French troops had identity bracelets. British troops had standard dog tags on a leather thong around their necks.
Minimal research shows that although the official dog tags were worn around their necks, many servicemen wore an unofficial metal ID bracelet since they feared asbestos fiber tags were not durable enough.
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Correction: I did a bit of research, and found nothing to indicate that a man couldn't wear some sort of bracelet in the early 20th century. Being "pretty sure" doesn't make it a mistake.
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