A lot of two World War II period medals To a Partisan of the Patriotic War. The obverse shows a bust image of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, facing left. Along the circumference of the medal there is the inscription in Russian: TO PARTISAN OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR. In the lower part of the medal there is a convex five-pointed star with a hammer and sickle in the center with the letters USSR on both sides. On the reverse side of the medal there is an inscription FOR OUR SOVIET MOTHERLAND. Above the inscription, in the upper part of the medal, there is an image of a hammer and sickle. established in two classes on February 2, 1943, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognize 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. Russian Early Soviet Era Medals And Awards For Collectors.