April 5, 2024
Soviet Order of Patriotic War, 2nd Class #369863
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Genuine Russian Soviet Order of the Great Patriotic War, 2nd Class serial number #369863 This order is Type 2, Variant 6. This type and variant is a wartime issue would have been awarded in late 1944.Star is made of silver, hammer and sickle of gold.I have been an avid collector of Soviet Militaria for over a decade and GUARANTEE that the order is real.About the Order:Established on 20 May 1942, The Order of the Patriotic War was an Order (decoration) of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the Great Patriotic War. The Order came in first class and second class depending upon the merit of the deed. It was the first Soviet medal established during the war, and the first Soviet order divided by classes. Its statute precisely defined, which deeds are awarded with the order, eg. shooting down three aircraft as a fighter pilot, or destroying two heavy or three medium or four light tanks, or capturing a warship, or repairing an aircraft under fire after landing on a hostile territory, and so on, were awarded with the first class. It was also given to some allied troops and commanders, including western allies. Altogether, 324,903 of the 1st class and 951,652 of the 2nd class were issued during the war.It featured a red enamel five-pointed
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