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The President of Lithuania is awarded with the highest order, of Vytautas the Great, upon starting to hold his office after taking the oath, by the Chairman of the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament). Decorations are minted in Lithuanian Mint , a state own enterprise.
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (2 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Lithuania" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The military ranks of Lithuania are the military insignia used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Current ...
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...
The Lithuanian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Lithuania.Administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1] the hierarchy does not determine the order of succession for the office of President of the Republic of Lithuania, which is instead specified by the Constitution of Lithuania.
The Lithuanian Naval Forces (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Karinės jūrų pajėgos) is the naval arm of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.Though formally established on 1 August 1935 its roots stretch back as far as naval engagements on the Baltic Sea in the Medieval period.
The order was first established on 30 July 1919 as the Cross for the Homeland (Kryžius "Už Tėvynę") when the newly established Lithuanian Army was engaged in the Lithuanian–Soviet War. [1] The initial design was based on the Polish Virtuti Militari with an addition of crossed swords, but no such crosses were actually produced. [2]
The Order was instituted in 1930 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas the Great. The badge of the Order, struck in pre-war Lithuania, was designed by a Lithuanian artist, Jonas Burba. The insignia of the Order issued today are of the same design.