The Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class has three types. Type 1 has a rectangular suspension with a red ribbon and was produced from May 1942 until June 1943. This type consists of four parts. On the reverse of the suspension a screw is attached, but to avoid the order from swinging from side to side the first two variations also have a stick-pin soldered on the back of the rayed star. Type 2 was produced from June 1943 until 1969 and doesn’t have a suspension but a screwback. This type consists of three parts. There are nine remarkable reverse variations within this type.Type 3 was produced from 1984 until 1991. This type consists of two parts, has a gold-plated sickle and hammer and a raised mint mark.
Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a total of approximately 6.688.000 pieces of the 2nd Class were awarded, including approximately 5.729.000 1985 issues.
Type 1
- Variation 1 (Pin, low suspension, not flat reverse)
- Variation 2 (Pin, high suspension, almost flat reverse)
- Variation 3 (No stick-pin, almost flat reverse)
- Variation 4 (Moscow mint, not flat reverse, major differences within this variation)
Type 2
- Variation 1 (‘Starback’, star-shape visible on reverse)
- Variation 2 (‘Trench’, round trench-shape visible on reverse)
- Variation 3 (‘Displaced Ring’, not centralised lower ring-shaped area on reverse)
- Variation 4 (‘Concave’, concave visible on reverse)
- Variation 5 (‘MZPP’, version of ‘Platinapribor’ Factory, Moscow)
- Variation 6 (‘Flatback’, flat reverse)
- Variation 7 (‘Concave-Ring’, ring-shaped concave of approximately 23 mm visible on reverse)
- Variation 8 (‘Small’, smaller order)
- Variation 9 (‘Ring’, lower ring-shaped area on reverse)
Type 3
- Variation 1 (With dimple, stamped out area under mintmark)
- Variation 2 (Without dimple, no stamped out area under mintmark)
- Variation 3 (With dimple, stamped out area under mintmark)
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Awards | |
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![]() | Morukhov, Alexandr Sergeevich | 23-03-1919 | 19-10-2001 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Mikhalkin, Vladimir Mikhailovich | 30-06-1927 | 01-01-2017 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Mathis, Jacques | 28-12-1914 | 31-08-1944 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | March, Francis Andrew | 02-11-1895 | 02-11-1967 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Malashin, Konstantin Ivanovich | 15-06-1924 | 30-04-1945 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | McClune, Harold H. | 01-06-1894 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | Meklin (Kravtsova), Natalya Fyodorovna | 08-09-1922 | 05-06-2005 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Melnik, Nikifor Vasilyevich | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
![]() | Merkulov, Nykolay Myronovych | 05-04-1922 | 10-03-1945 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |