Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example visually-hidden with a tear evident to

with a tear evident to the bottom right edge

Upon retirement

with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch

respectively topped by an inscription of “NARVIK” and a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example visually-hidden with a tear evident toConstructed 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