The Disabled American Veterans, recognized the impact it would have with the outset of World War II. In 1941, To raise funds, DAV launched a direct mail campaign, distributing “IdentoTags”, miniature license plates which could be attached to a keyring with instructions that lost keys should be mailed to the DAV, who would return them to the owners. The DAV got state motor vehicle departments to co-operate and provide mailing lists of the people who registered their cars. The DAV mailed key-chain tags with your license plate number on it, and asked for a donation. Thus, if you lost your keys, the finder would drop them into a mail box, the keys would be forwarded to the DAV which would return them to you. The program continued from 1941 through 1975, and was ended because of a “right to privacy” rule.

I have collected DAV tags for decades, and it is now time to share my collections with others. Enjoy browsing through. Shipping will be $4 by first class mail for one or more of these collections shipped to the same address (see Ordering Information on menu bar above) – thank you, RAY

NINE (9) INDIANA DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS

As a lot: 1946 (hard to find) – 1950 – 1956 – 1957 – 1960 – 1964 – 1972 – 1975 – 1976
$35 for lot

EIGHT (8) MINNESOTA – MINN – MN — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS

As a lot: 1958 – 1959 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1965 – 1967 (TAB)
$30 for lot

TEN (10) MAINE – ME — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s-60s

As a lot: 1953 – 1955 – 1956 – 1959 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 (worn) – 1966 – 1967
$45 for lot – SOLD

FOURTEEN (14) OHIO – OH – ALL SAME TAG NUMBER — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s-70s

As a lot – and all these DAV tags are have the same Plate Number including years: 1950 – 1951 – 1953 – 1954 – 1955 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1964 – 1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973
$70 for lot

ELEVEN (11) OHIO – OH – FIVE ARE SAME TAG NUMBER — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1942-70s

As a lot: 1942 – 1950 – 1951 – 1955 – 1957 – 1962 and all the same plate number – 1967 – 1969 – 1971 – 1973 – 1974
$40 for lot

1945 and 1952 CONNECTICUT – CONN – CT — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – Early Dates

As a lot: 1945 and 1952 early DAV tags – hard to find from the Nutmeg State
$30 for lot – SOLD

EIGHT (8) CONNECTICUT – CONN – CT — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s to 70s – 2 PAIRS VANITY

As a lot: 1958. 1959, 1960, 1970 and two sets of Initial / Vanity plate tags from the 19070s
$20 — SOLD

EIGHT (8) NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — SAME PLATE NUMBER, including: 1958, 1964 (pair), 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968 (pair)
SOLD

THIRTEEN (13) NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — including: 1953, 1962 (pair), 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (pair), and 1975
SOLD

FIVE (5) NEW YORK – NY – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — including: 1951, 1955, 1957 and same number – 1958 and 1960
$20 for lot

SIX (6) – PENNSYLVANIA – PA – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — SAME NUMBER – 1958-61 includes TWO PAIR
$15 for lot

1958 – Pair – Set of Two
1959
1960 – TAB – Set of Two
1961 – TAB

SIX (6) – PENNSYLVANIA – PA – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — 1954 to 1957, 1959 and 1968

1954 — 1955 — 1956 — 1957 — 1959 — 1968
$15 for lot