Disclosed are RFID tags and methods of the manufacture thereof. RFID tags may generally include a backing substrate, a covering substrate, a RFID device positioned therebetween and indelible identification indicia defined on the backing substrate and/or the cover substrate. Methods of manufacture may include molding the substrate(s) with indelible identification indicia, positioning the RFID device between two substrates, orienting the indicia the indicia outwardly away from the RFID device and adhering the substrates so as to secure the RFID device therebetween.