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Type 5 Class Order with associated medal Eligibility Citizens of Lithuania and foreign nationals Awarded for Outstanding performance in civil and public offices Established 1928
re-established 1991 Next (higher) Order of the Cross of Vytis Next (lower) Order for Merits to Lithuania | ||
The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this Order. The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas was instituted in 1928. It features the Columns of Gediminas, one of the national symbols of Lithuania.
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Classes
The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas has five classes:
Notable recipients
The first five persons awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas after the restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania were poets Justinas Marcinkevičius, Bernardas Brazdžionis, priest Ričardas Mikutavičius, painter Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas and mathematician Jonas Kubilius.