I recently was Prop Master for a Wizard of Oz production. I ordered this for the Tinman(and the medal for Lion, both made by same manufacturer). The medal is very thin plastic, there is really no "back side" as it's just hollow white plastic. Honestly, it doesn't look that great up-close. In order to use it for stage I hot glued a few metal washers on the back (to weigh it down, otherwise it was flopping everywhere) then covered the back side with some red colored felt. I added a thick metallic silver cord so it could be hung around Tinman's neck. It looked perfect from the audience. Probably fine for a Halloween costume, but certainly is not a "collector piece".