Jubilee Medal "50 Years Of The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R.".

[desantnik]

I think this is the first decoration I've ever seen awarded to a cadet.

[deValcourt]

Obviously this was not a common occurrence. Perhaps he was a very "special" cadet - either very gifted in some way or very well-connected.;)

Phillip

[CtahhR]

Here is an example awarded to Moisej Haimovich Juroditskij on 22nd February 1969 by the Lenin Region of Riga. Born in 1911 in the Rudensk Region of Minsk Oblast. I don't know what he was doing in Riga but he returned to Belarus after being awarded.

Notice that the document has been reused before issue as a different name has been scraped off before his name was added.

[CtahhR]

Here is an example awarded to Artavazd Hurtudovich Avanesjan on 1st July 1969.

[CtahhR]

Here is an example issued to Suren Ishhanovich Ishhanov on 16th April 1969 by the Spandarjan Regional Military Commissar.

[CtahhR]

Here is an example issued to Ruben Akopovich Oganesjan on 19th February 1970 by the Spandarjan Regional Military Commissar.