THE MEDAL IS A LATE 1950'S CAST COPY, WHICH WAS SOLD THROUGH THE 1960'S. THE TAB, AS ROBERT STATED, IS A REPRODUCTION. THE STATEMENT ABOUT THE SPURIOUS NATURE OF DACHAU CLOTH INSIGNIA IS THE RESULT OF MISINFORMATION FOUND BY NEWER COLLECTORS ON THE INTERNET. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE COLLECTED OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME HAVE HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BY INSIGNIA THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE STORE ROOMS AT DACHAU. THE LAST VET GROUPING OF THIS MATERIAL I SAW HAD 62 COLLAR TABS, 38 FOREIGN VOLUNTEER SLEEVE SHIELDS, THREE HANDSCHAR FEZES AND 28 CUFFTITLES, BOTH BEVO AND HAND EMBROIDERED.
