Steff's quality control is very good. He won't send out a medal that isn't right. Sometimes that means that the metal that makes up your medal has got re-melted several times. He has to make a new mould each time he casts medals. If the mould breaks, it usually doesn't show up until he's actually casting. And that means he has to start a fairly time consuming process all over again.
Producing our medals isn't Prairie Flower Leather's main product, it's a sideline. The posetive part of that is that the last I checked PFLC produced medals cost $40 instead of costing $70 as the previous maker charged.
When I said to be patient, I meant just that. It took almost 2 years for the first Iron Trooper medals to be finished. (And it was a wait that was worth it.) It won't take that long for your membership medal, but it may take a couple of months.
When you do receive it you can be assured that it was made FOR YOU and not just taken off a shelf and mailed.