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Memento Mori Military Jewelry: Dog Tags, Skull Rings, and the Soldier's Reminder
On By EditorialVEILHINGE
Memento mori is not a dark aesthetic invention. It is a military tradition. Soldiers have carried death as a reminder — on dog tags, in skull insignia, on oath rings — for as long as there have been people who needed to stay clear-headed in the face of it. This is that history. Read more