Abstract: An identification tag for articles and containers, which is characterized by a base tag member having an extended leg for attachment to an article or looping through the handle of a container, the base tag member further provided with spaced indicia areas for identifying the article or the contents of the container and staggered snap openings extending through opposite faces of the base tag member for receiving at least a top cap member and preferably, a top cap member and a bottom cap member, each cap member having multiple snaps for engaging the snap openings and provided with a window which is aligned with selected ones of the indicia areas when the cap members are snapped on opposite faces of the base tag member.