Description
Soviet Partisan Medal 1st class
Variation 2 with a raised rim on its obverse
Made of solid silver. It measures 32.39 mm in diameter and 2.82 mm in thickness. The height of the medal is 37.24 mm including its eyelet and it weighs 22.1 gram without its suspension.
This original medal is in excellent, above average condition with most details visible. Even the eyelids of both Lenin and Stalin are crisp and the often worn off hammer and sickle at the bottom of the obverse is mostly visible. Both sides show several tiny dings and scratches but little overall wear and an attractive dark patina. The silver connection ring has not been cut and the double layer steel suspension and ribbon are original to the medal.
Increasingly hard to find!
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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