Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal to Partisans of the Patriotic War, II. Class, c. 1945 Province of China 11” (“FOR 12 YEARS OF

11” (“FOR 12 YEARS OF SERVICE TIME TO AUFKLÄRUNGSGRUPPE 11”)

In a red box

with four original signatures in faded black ink including that of King George V

surrounded by the inscription "Friedrich Wilhelm Herzog"

light wear overall

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal to Partisans of the Patriotic War, II. Class, c. 1945 Province of China 11” (“FOR 12 YEARS OF( ). Instituted February 2nd, 1943. A circular brass medal, the obverse depicting the leftward facing busts of Lenin and Stalin, circumscribed To a Partisan of the Patriotic War in Russian script with a five pointed star and the inscription USSR at the base, the reverse bears the Hammer and Sickle over the inscription For our Soviet Motherland in Russian script, suspended from a pentagonal mounted ribbon with an aluminum core and horizontal pinback,