Description
Soviet Partisan Medal 1st class
Variation 1 without a raised rim on its obverse
Sub-variation with a knob on top of the handle of the sickle on its reverse
This Soviet Partisan Medal is made of solid silver. It measures 32.17 mm in diameter and 2.78 mm in thickness. The height of the medal is 37.21 mm (including the eyelet) and it weighs 21.8 gram.
This original medal is in excellent, well above average condition with most details crisp. Even the eyelids of both Lenin and Stalin are crisp and the often worn down hammer and sickle at the bottom of the obverse is fully visible. Both sides show several tiny dings and scratches, not distracting from the overall appearance. The silver connection ring has not been cut and the double layer steel suspension is time period to the medal.
Scarce variation in well above average condition!
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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