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In Hai to Gensou no Grimgar the volunteer army necklace has two tags. During
the fight between Mary's former party and Death Spot, and later during the
fight between Death Spot and Haruhiko, all of them pulled one of the tags off
from the necklace and let it fall to the dungeon's floor. Why is that? What's
the point in leaving the tag there? Does the light novel, the anime is based
on, explains why they do such thing? Considering that the tags doesn't come
cheaply.


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Why is it that Volunteer Army Necklace consists of two tags?


I believe that the volunteer army necklace can be likened to the [Dog
tags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_tag) of our world, as a proof of
identity in case of death.

In our world, dog tags are used to identify who the corpse belonged to and we
receive two sets of these things. Two plates hang on our necks and 1 plate
each on our ankles. In the scenario that we are unable to get our corpse back
to our families, we were ordered to rip off one of the tags on our necks and
hand them to our comrades if necessary. It is also used to identify mutilated
corpses.

In the case of Grimgar, it most likely has the same effect. Since when they
die, they become zombies, they would need to use other methods to notify their
team mates they are dead. Simply leaving one of the tags there seem to be the
method they opted for. Another reason is most likely to tell them who the
zombies they encounter are and if possible, please get them purifed.


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