Old thread, I wanted to resurrect. I just received my Disney version of the Medal of Yavin IV. As previously stated, it’s a really high build quality. Really nice faux leather/vinyl display case with a Rebel imprint on the outside. The fake velvet inside portion has a little stand so you can display the box open with the medal eleveated.
As for the medal itself, it looks very close to the MR version. I don’t have a MR on hand, but from examining my medal to pictures of the MR online, I can’t see any differences. There might be thickness differences that I can’t tell without a caliper.
Someone above stated that it might be 18k gold plated. I’m not sure about that, but I will say it does NOT attract fingerprints. Which is really awesome. As far as it being resin cast. That’s not my gut feeling. I think it’s solid metal. I’ll take a magnet to it and append this post.
edit: it is not attracted by a magnet. So it’s either resin as previously mentioned, or something like aluminum.