Type Campaign medal Established February 2, 1943 | Status No longer awarded | |
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Eligibility Citizens of the Soviet Union Awarded for Participation in the resistance against the NAZI invaders behind enemy lines Total awarded 1st class: 56,883
2nd class: 70,992 | ||
The Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" (Russian: Медаль «Партизану Отечественной войны») was a World War II Soviet paramilitary award established in two classes on February 2, 1943, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. to recognise the fortitude and courage of the partisans on the home front in their struggle to free the Soviet Motherland of the Nazi invaders far behind enemy lines. Its statute was amended by a further decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on February 26, 1947.
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Medal statute
The Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" was awarded in two classes.
The Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" was bestowed on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. It was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union, immediately following the Medal "For Labour Valour". When worn in the presence of orders and medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.
Medals "Partisan of the Patriotic War" awarded posthumously, along with their relevant award certificates, are transferred to the families for safekeeping and as a memento.
Medal description
The Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" was a 32mm in diameter circular medal, the medal first class was struck in silver, the medal second class was struck in brass. Their identical obverses bore the left bust profiles of Lenin and Stalin, the latter being the closer and slightly to the right. A 3mm wide relief ribbon ran along the entire circumference of the medal, at its very bottom, a relief five pointed star bearing a hammer and sickle and bisecting the inscription "USSR" (Russian: «СССР»), on the remainder of the ribbon, the relief inscription "Partisan of the Patriotic War" (Russian: «Партизану Отечественной войны»). On their also identical reverses, the relief inscription in three lines "For our Soviet Motherland" (Russian: «За нашу Советскую Родину»), above the inscription, the relief image of the hammer and sickle.
The Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by an overlapping 24mm light green silk moiré ribbon, the ribbon for the medal first class had a 2mm wide red central stripe, the stripe was blue for the medal second class.
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War".