Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example Archive both unmarked and measuring 40

both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 90 mm (l)

marked “N&H” and “Ges

and bearing machine-embroidered red numerals “564”

The action (battle against Partisans) and place ( Gorjani- Sv

Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example Archive both unmarked and measuring 40Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate, the obverse bearing leftward facing profiles of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, situated above a banner bearing a sickle and hammer flanked by initials (USSR), and circumscribed by an inscription of (TO A PARTISAN OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR), the reverse bearing an inscription of (FOR OUR SOVIET MOTHERLAND), topped by a sickle and hammer