Lithuania Medal (2009) is dedicated to the Millennium of the Name of Lithuania; author Juozas Kalinauskas...

Lithuania Medal (2009) is dedicated to the Millennium of the Name of Lithuania; author Juozas Kalinauskas. Sculptor Juozas Kalinauskas; who enriched Lithuanian historical medalism with King Mindaugas; Queen Martha; the Battle of the Sun and other jubilee medals; with the help of his daughter - artist Lina Kalinauskaitė. Lithuanians; who have preserved the oldest living Indo-European language in the world to this day; emerged in the development of the Baltics about 1.500 years ago. In 1009; the name of Lithuania was heard in Western Europe; in the annals of Quedlinburg. The ever-strengthening Baltic Lithuania; later the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; marked its freedom; culture and existence in the 7th-15th centuries. defended against the Scandinavian; Russian; Polish; German Order; Tartar Golden Order; later; in the 16th-17th centuries; against aggression from Moscow; Sweden and Turkey. The Lithuanian army led by famous Lithuanian rulers - King Mindaugas of Lithuania; representatives of the famous Gediminas and Jagiellonian dynasties in Europe - Gediminas; Algirdas; Kęstutis; Jogaila (who also became King of Poland); Vytautas and others - defended his and other nations from the most aggressive forces enemies of world significance in the battles of Saulė (Šiauliai; 1236); Durbe (1260); Mėlynosios Vandenai (1363); Žalgiris (1410); later - Orša (1514); Salaspils (1605) and Chotin (1621; 1673). In 1918, from the centuries-old tsarist occupation of Russia; Lithuania was brought to independence in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lithuanian movement of the beginning of the 19th century (Simonas Daukantas; Jonas Basanavičius; Vincas Kudirka; etc.). Lithuania helped many victims in 1940-1990. in the struggle against Nazi and Soviet occupation. Through the efforts of partisans; dissidents; the Sąjūdis (Baltic Way and other actions in 1989) and world democracy in 1990. March 11 Lithuania's independence was restored. Brass Silvered. Weight approx: 124.91g. Diameter: 70 mm