there are some sellers out there registered and item located in the united states that are selling items supposedly from the vietnam war, when the item turns up it was posted from vietnam,on a recent visit to saigon, i came across a lucrative business of reproducing us dog tags with the names and details of actual serviceman and woman who served in country, these details are obtained through the internet put on tags and made to look like they were" dug up", also ak47 chest bandoleers are reproduced, this is very profitable for certain individuals, the practice of dog tag fakes also occurs in russia and poland where german tags are reproduced and aged, better to go without than to part with your money and have a fake