Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example visually-hidden Upon retirement

Upon retirement

Monetny Dvor mint marked and hand engraved "2918517" on the reverse

Measuring 217 mm (w) x 171 mm (h)

while the reverse features a single pocket set into the upper right leg

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

Russia, Soviet Union. A Partisan Medal, I Class, Wartime Dated Example visually-hidden Upon retirementConstructed 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