Lithuania. A Medal For The Tenth Anniversary Of The War Of Independence 1918-1928 Auction pendant measuring 18 mm in

pendant measuring 18 mm in diameter

it retains all of its silvering throughout the hilt and scabbard

naming is engraved on all three

ORIENT (bronze gilt

Showa 15 (1940)”

Lithuania. A Medal For The Tenth Anniversary Of The War Of Independence 1918-1928 Auction pendant measuring 18 mm inIn bronze, maker marked "Huguenin Fec." on the reverse, measuring 36 mm, replacement ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was issued in 1928 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Lithuanian independence and between 1928 and 1940 some 44,000 of the 50,000 medals produced were bestowed on those known as the "book smugglers" who spread books printed in the Lithuanian language during the period of its prohibition, on participants of the