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Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1

The Order of the Patriotic War 1st 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 as of June 1943 and doesn’t have a suspension but a screwback. De gouden ster is nu met drie verbindingen aan de schroef aan de achterkant vastgemaakt. Type 3 was produced from 1984 until 1991. This type consists of two parts, has a gold-plated sickle and hammer, a gold plated rayed star and a raised mint mark.

Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a total of approximately 2.398.000 pieces of the 1st Class were awarded, including approximately 2.162.000 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)

Type 2
- Variation 1 (Spokes on reverse at 2, 6 and 10 o’clock. Mintmark on 1 line)
- Variation 2 (Spokes on reverse at 12, 4 and 8 o’clock. Mintmark on 2 lines)
- Variation 3 (Spokes on reverse at 2, 6 and 10 o’clock. Mintmark on 2 lines)
- Variation 4 (Spokes on reverse at 12, 4 and 8 o’clock. Mintmark on 2 lines)

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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Sacher, Vilem* February 17th, 1907
† August 14th, 1987

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Samusenko, Aleksandra* 1922
† March 3rd, 1945

Sandalov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich* January 26th, 1906
† May 5th, 1980

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

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Savitsky, Yevgeny Yakovlevich* December 24th, 1910
† April 6th, 1990

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Sazhinov, Viktor Aleksandrovich* February 1st, 1925
† April 23rd, 1945

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

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Serebryakov, Andrei Mikhailovich* October 29th, 1913
† July 24th, 1942

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

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Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Sergueyevich* 1901
† May 10th, 1945

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

Shcherbinin, Fedor Alekseyevich* March 14th, 1910
† April 26th, 1945

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

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Shelest, Vasily Galaktionovich* July 3rd, 1923
† October 3rd, 1943

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

Shevchenko, Mikhail Stepanovich* May 22nd, 1911
† May 9th, 1992

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Shirokov, Pyotr Petrovich* March 22nd, 1917
† October 21st, 1946

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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Sizov, Boris Ivanovich* June 28th, 1921
† March 10th, 1945

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Skomorokhov, Nikolai Mikhailovich* May 19th, 1920
† October 14th, 1994

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Skopenko, Vasiliy Fodorovich* January 1st, 1912
† January 27th, 1945

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

Stepanenko, Potr Ignatyevich* November 7th, 1915
† April 19th, 1945

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Stepanenko, Vasiliy Vasilyevich* February 3rd, 1923
† May 2nd, 1945

Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich* November 21st, 1902
† January 25th, 1982

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