Description
Partisan Medal 1st class
Variation 2 with a raised rim on its obverse
Sub-variation with a knob on its handle of the sickle
Made of solid silver. It measures 32.23 mm in diameter and 2.97 mm in thickness. The height of the medal is 37.49 mm including its eyelet and it weighs 22.5 grams without its suspension.
In nice condition with a medium patina to the silver on both sides. The usually worn hammer and sickle on the lower obverse is still clear, and the lettering on the reverse remains sharp. Both sides have small dings and scratches not none distracting from the overall appeal of the medal. The silver suspension ring is intact, and the double-layer steel mount with ribbon is period-correct.
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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