Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal to Partisans of the Patriotic War, II. Class, c. 1945 certificate_of_authenticity Twelve Year Service Award (gilt

Twelve Year Service Award (gilt fine zinc)

with a violet-tinted background and illustrating two groups of soldiers

" An additional announcement appeared in the London Gazette 23278 of Friday

demonstrating minor soiling and material fatigue consistent with moderate field use

measuring 45 mm (w) x 114 mm (l)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal to Partisans of the Patriotic War, II. Class, c. 1945 certificate_of_authenticity Twelve Year Service Award (gilt( ). Instituted February 2nd, 1943. A circular brass medal, the obverse depicting the leftward facing busts of Lenin and Stalin, circumscribed To a Partisan of the Patriotic War in Russian script with a five pointed star and the inscription USSR at the base, the reverse bears the Hammer and Sickle over the inscription For our Soviet Motherland in Russian script, suspended from a pentagonal mounted ribbon with an aluminum core and horizontal pinback,