Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example certificate_of_authenticity Both suspended from a 70

Both suspended from a 70 mm-long zink bar with a horizontal pinback and black wool reverse liner

The exterior of the cap is constructed of brown wool featuring a traditional high peak crown with tightly seated and even green piping running along the crown of the cap as well as the top edge of the cap band

12 of which are lions raising one paw alternating directions each measuring 57

then was transferred to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre on April 14th

Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example certificate_of_authenticity Both suspended from a 70Constructed 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