Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ballistic resistant apparatus with an abrasion-resistant marking can include providing a stack of ballistic resistant sheets within a variable volume container. A top sheet can be placed adjacent to a first surface of the stack within the variable volume container. A sheet of transfer paper, including a printed image formed of sublimation ink containing dye particles, can be placed adjacent to the top sheet, where the printed image is in contact with the top sheet. Gas can be evacuated from the variable volume container, and the top sheet and sheet of transfer paper can be heated to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined duration to achieve dye diffusion thermal transfer of at least a portion of the dye particles from the printed image into the top sheet to form an abrasion-resistant marking in the top sheet.

Abstract: A ballistic resistant apparatus can include an abrasion-resistant marking. The ballistic resistant apparatus can include a plurality of ballistic resistant sheets arranged to form a stack of ballistic resistant sheets having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The ballistic resistant apparatus can include a top sheet adjacent to the first surface of the stack of ballistic resistant sheets. The top sheet can include the abrasion-resistant marking made of dye particles deposited within the top sheet according to a dye diffusion thermal transfer process.