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Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2

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)

Aganov, Sergei Khristorovich* June 4th, 1917
† February 1st, 1996

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Samusenko, Aleksandra* 1922
† March 3rd, 1945

Savelyev, Aleksandr Vasilyevich* October 28th, 1917
† April 12th, 1949

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Savelyev, Fyodor Alekseyevich* February 17th, 1905

Semonov, Nikolay Fodorovich* April 28th, 1904
† May 7th, 1980

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Seryogin, Vladimir Sergeyevich* July 7th, 1922
† March 27th, 1968

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Shandalov, Idel Abramovich* March 15th, 1923
† April 16th, 1945

Shcherbakov, Vasiliy Kirillovich* December 13th, 1912
† October 31st, 1945

Shelekhov, Nikolay Stepanovich* December 6th, 1920
† April 23rd, 1945

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Shestopalov, Nikolai Fyodorovich* December 19th, 1919
† November 6th, 2006

Siabandov, Samand Aliyevich* November 20th, 1909
† November 14th, 1989

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Silantyev, Aleksandr Petrovich* August 23rd, 1918
† March 10th, 1996

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Slaton, James Daniel* April 2nd, 1912
† February 25th, 1961

Slepov, Semen Danilovich* 1913
† July 24th, 1942

Smirnov, Nikolai Ivanovich* October 5th, 1917
† July 8th, 1992

Sokolov, Leonid Semenovich* 1918
† October 17th, 1943

Stehlik, Josef* March 23rd, 1915
† May 30th, 1991

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Strelkov, Spiridon Mikhaylovich* November 8th, 1917
† February 4th, 1945

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