Medal for Combat Service, Type 1, Var. 1 (with engraved serial number, small suspension and "Mondvor" screw plate), #20763, awarded in March 1942 to a Partisan Platoon Commander. In November - December 1941, when the Soviet partisan movement was still in its infancy, he led a number of bold strikes on enemy garrisons in his native Stalino (Donetsk) region of eastern Ukraine. During the Soviet general offensive in January 1942, he provided substantial support to the regular Red Army units by conducting reconnaissance in the same area and finding a route of advance for the Soviet tanks. A highly uncommon award commendation! The medal includes original Variation 1 suspension and screw plate and aside from the missing back plate, is in excellent condition. Comes with archival research.

Medal of an Attendee of the International Conference of Veterans of War and Participants of "Antifascist" Liberation Movements, Moscow, 1965. A very well-made and attractive medal by the Leningrad Mint. In excellent condition.

Special Espionage / Partisan Unit 9903 (aka Military Unit #9903), Veteran's Badge, circa 1970s-80s. An extremely rare badge of one of the former members of the Spetsnaz sabotage unit created in 1941 and comprised exclusively of Communist Youth volunteers who received special training in operations behind the enemy lines. The unit initially numbered some 2000 members, more than half of them women; only slightly more than half of the original number survived the war. Five of its members were made Heroes of the Soviet Union, including the famous Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.