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=== Belgium ===

[[Belgian Armed Forces|Belgian Forces]] identity tags are, like their Canadian and Norwegian contemporaries, designed to be broken in two in the case of a fatality; the lower half is returned to the Belgian Defence Staff, while the upper half remains on the body. The tags contain the following information, with slight variation depending on the linguistic region of the soldier:

* Upper half:
** ''Belgisch Leger''/''Armee Belge'' ([[Belgian Land Component|Belgian Army]]) and Date of Birth in DD/MM/YYYY format.
** Surname with the addition of the first letter of given name.
** Service number and blood group with RH factor and optionally religion.
* Lower half: identical.
* Example:
** Belgisch Leger 01/01/1991
** Surname J
** 1234567  O+    KATH<!-- different numbers of blanks will not be displayed -->