This pattern was designed based around my son's actual dog tags that I took a picture of while he was home on leave. The detailing depicts not only the ball chain the tags are worn on, but you can also add a name and branch of the military in backstitching. This pattern is designed to be stitched on any cross stitch fabric with a plain background. I chose to stitch the model on a 14ct. plastic canvas and used DMC #368 for the fill-in.