page_title: Independence Medal (Lithuania)
section_title: 1928 issue
hierarchical_section_title: Independence Medal (Lithuania) / 1928 issue
caption_attribution_description: Lietuvių: Laisvės statula Karo muziejaus sodelyje, Kaunas.
context_page_description: In Lithuania, the Independence Medal is a state medal of Lithuania, awarded for the contributions in the restoration of the independence of the state. The medal had two issues.
context_section_description: The medal was awarded to persons "for contributions to the re-establishment and strengthening of the independence of Lithuania in 1919-1928" 
  The medal was issued  commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Republic. It was designed by sculptor Juozas Zikaras.
  The awardee categories included: 
  Lithuanian book smugglers (knygnešiai), who smuggled the Lithuanian language books during the prohibition of the Lithuanian language in Russian Empire
  participants of the Lithuanian Wars of Independence of 1918-1920
  Knights of the Cross of Vytis
  members of the 1923 Klaipėda Revolt
  riflemen and persons who had joined the public service in the early days of independence (1918-1919). 
  During 1928-1940, over 44 thousand of Lithuanian citizens and foreign nationals were awarded the medal. It was a historical analogue of the 1928 issue.
caption: Freedom Monument, by Zikaras, seen on the obverse of the medal[2]
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