Description
Partisan of the Great Patriotic War Medal 2nd class
Variation 2 with a raised rim on its obverse
Made of gilded brass. It measures 32.19 mm in diameter, 37.01 mm in height including its eyelet and it weighs 16.8 gram without its suspension.
This original Partisan medal is in excellent condition with most details crisp and much gold plating still present. The obverse show several small dings and scratches but light overall wear. The higher laying parts such as Lenin’s and Stalin’s eyelids are still well defined. The reverse shows a bit more wear but the edges of the hammer and sickle and the lettering are perfectly visible. The double layer suspension is time period to the medal and the connection ring has been cut.
The Medal “To a Partisan of the Patriotic War” (Russian: Медаль Партизану Отечественной войны) was a World War II Soviet award established in two classes. This was done on February 2, 1943, by decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. It recognised the courage of the partisans in their struggle to free the Soviet Motherland behind enemy lines. Its statute was amended by a further decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1947.
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