Order Of Great Patriotic War 1 ct. 496773 with Award Document . Pavlenko Petr Vasilevich Awarded The Order of the Patriotic War is the first Soviet decoration to appear during the Great Patriotic War. April 10, 1942 I.V. Stalin instructed the head of the Main Logistics Directorate of the Red Army, General A.V. Khrulev to prepare a draft of a new order to reward those who distinguished themselves in battles against the Nazis. Two artists were commissioned to prepare prize sketches: S.I. Dmitriev and A.I. Kuznetsov. On May 20, 1942, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On the establishment of the Order of the Patriotic War I and II degree" was signed. This is the first Soviet order, which had a division into degrees Magnificent Enamel Silver 0.900--33g. Hight Grade Gilding Minted by Moscow Mint (stamp on the reverse)