Partisan Medal, 1st cl., variation w. raised border on the obverse and "snub- nosed" portrait of Lenin, c. 1940s-50s. VF condition; includes original WW2 suspension.

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.

Conference of O.N. Spetsnaz Partisan Brigade in the village of Bakshty in 1966, Participant's Badge. An extremely scarce badge of a former serviceman of the so-called "Elusive Brigade" that originated in an elite NKVD Spetsnaz detachment inserted into Belorussia in 1942 with a specific purpose of conducting sabotage operations in the German rear. EXC condition.