Toe tag

[Clif]

I have a question on this item. I have tried to look it up and and i know they are out there for sale. But i could careless about that. I would like to know the history of it and if it is a fake. Having a body tag is kind of creepy saying the least. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Where's the Toe ?

Only guessing but I Think Box Tag .

I say this because if the Tag was for on a Toe, You wouldn't need a tag to know it was a Human body or not.

awesome finds !

Fact it says Wells Fargo makes me not 100% sure it's real.
Anything with Wells Fargo could be a Fantasy Piece

 

[jeff of pa]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aweaome-An...an-Body-transport-ID-Tag-unused-/312550109337

Here is an Un-Used one. No # but it Says it's Real

the one here with the Key & The star suggests to me Fantasy piece

https://www.google.com/search?q=Wel...AUIEigC&biw=939&bih=597#imgrc=ofKQHlCYBUhlPM:

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Very interesting!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Spooky piece if you ask me. JMO. It's interesting though.

 

[boogeyman]

Not exactly sure how correct this is, but if I remember correctly funeral places like The Neptune Society placed tags in the urns to avoid mix-ups. Remember thinking my dad ended up being a couple cups of what looked like fireplace sweepings & almost all my relatives puking over the other rail on the other side...... Stinking land lubbers.................

 

[creskol]

Sadly, it is a fantasy piece.

 

[Anduril]

Sadly, it is a fantasy piece.

Now, if it said "Alien Body", then.. totally legit!

 

[Rookster]

Unique find.Congratulations

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Jeff did a great job in providing background info on your piece Clif.

You didn't mention if this piece was 'dug' or simply 'found', but it doesn't strike me as being dug.
When I saw it my first thought was it's a fantasy piece as well.
The 'Wells Fargo Exp. Co.' name has been used on fantasy recreations/reproductions for years to fool collectors due to it's popularity.

Dave

 

[NOLA_Ken]

When I come across things like this, the one thing that makes me think "fantasy piece" is if they are fancier than they need to be. Even if Wells Fargo made a special metal tag for a crate with a body in it, I doubt they would have paid extra to have the ribbon engraving. Also for something like that you would want the crate to be very conspicuously marked, like a big stenciled on label instead of a tiny tag that would be easily missed and hard to read if you weren't up close. It's neat, but unless I saw a period photo of one in use I would think it's a fantasy piece

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It would be cool if it was real but as others have said it screams fantasy

 

[cw0909]

an article @ ruby lane says fake
https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Fantasy-brass-tags-of-the-old-west

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[Doug H]

I think it's a cool piece...as long as you have it and I dont. LOL