Yes, of grandparents, but no way to know if they remained in services after the war. All veterans were issued these medals. But, they are not considered war awards. Just commemorative. Hence why she is wearing them. IMHO they are not numbered, and were not issued based on a specific award order. These are not combat awards.
The case with most militaries today is that most of the awards on a serviseman/woman are not combat awards. I met a US major once who at age ~40 had over a dozen awards, but only one combat award during her service as battalion provisional CO in Iraq (nominal XO for lack of a COL). Even in our own army most awards are 'campaign' not combat, aside from service commemorative (10 years, etc.).
During and after the war the boys were often sent to military schools called after Suvorov (army) and Nakhimov (navy). These usually remained career military officers.
Not sure what happened to the girls, but the schools were male only. In those days females only served as officers in medical and air arms, and NKVD. Some also in GRU. Many women however finished the war as officers in army as snipers and communications specialists.
Interestingly this is not found in CT or any other versions IMHO. There are no military orphans in 3I, and never saw a mention of a PC like that. Consider that such PCs (war kids) start with a swag of skills and a very different personality to most civilian officer entry cadets at 19.
Greg
Morning PDT all,Thank you Greg for sharing your knowledge with us.Could the child be wearing the medals one or more of her family earned for service?Tom R
From: "Greg Chalik" <mrg3105@gmail.com>
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Many thousands of children, some as young as 13, served in the Red Army during the Second World War, many in combat units. They were collectivelly known as "regiment's son", though girls were found in some non-combat units. Many more children however served with the partisans, and joined the Red Army as it advanced and incorporated the partisan units into the regular army.I think in this case though the girl is just dressed up for Victory Day, which has become increasingly more popular over the last decade or so, in fact more so than during Soviet times when this was done for propoganda reasons.
The medals are a bit odd on a child.
Greg
On 2 June 2016 at 18:42, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
I couldn't help noting the hashtags: "cute little kid", "adorable," "cut kids,"Doesn't it strike anyone else as a bit . . . odd . . . that this "cute" kid is wearing what appears to a genuine period adult military uniform (complete with real medals), just tailored in a kid's size?I've seen kids of her apparent age in Civil War reenactment gear, but then there actually *were* kids of around that age in that war's fighting units. Did things really get desperate for the Soviets?
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I saw this in a friend's tumblr.
https://t.co/wYvB63ItXl
Can anybody ID the uniform for sure? Or the medals?
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