question: The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas features one of the earliest symbols of Lithuania, which is one of its historical what?
answer: historical coats of arms
context: Title: Jonas Acus-Acukas
  Passage: Jonas Asevicius-Acus-Acukas (July 29, 1885 in Jieznas – July 11, 1976 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian army officer and chemist.  From 1909 to 1918, he served in the Imperial Russian Army at Kaunas Fortress.  He fought in the First World War and the Russian Civil War.  In 1921 he returned to Lithuania and was mobilized into the Lithuanian Armed Forces, where he attained the rank of colonel (1927) and served until 1940.  Acus graduated from Vytautas Magnus University in 1930.  He lectured on chemistry and commodity science at Vytautas Magnus University (1934–1940), Vilnius University (1940–1950), and Lithuanian University of Agriculture (1951–1957).  He wrote textbooks on foundations of commodity science (1949) and a short course in physical chemistry (1957).  Acus was awarded the Commander's Crosses of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1938) and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1928).
  Title: Mūza Rubackytė
  Passage: Mūza Rubackytė (born May 19, 1959) is a Lithuanian pianist, currently residing in Vilnius and Paris.  Rubackytė has been awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Lithuanian Muzes, and has been named as the National Artist of Lithuania.
  Title: Petras Kunca
  Passage: Petras Kunca (born 1942) is a Lithuanian violinist, awarded the National Prize of Lithuania (1979) and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.  For 31 years he performed with the Vilnius Quartet.
  Title: Erdmonas Simonaitis
  Passage: Erdmonas Simonaitis (October 30, 1888 in Juschka-Spötzen (Spiečiai), Province of East Prussia – February 24, 1969 in Weinheim, West Germany) was a Prussian Lithuanian activist particularly active in the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) and advocating its union with Lithuania.  During the staged Klaipėda Revolt of 1923, he headed the pro-Lithuanian government of the region.  For his anti-German activities, he was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.  He survived the Mauthausen-Gusen and Dachau concentration camps.  After the war he remained in Germany and rejoined various Lithuanian organizations.  He was awarded the Order of Vytautas the Great and Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
  Title: Jonas Burba
  Passage: Jonas Burba (February 1, 1907 – 1964) was an artist born in Skuodas, Lithuania.  His notable works include the interwar design of the Order of Vytautas the Great and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
  Title: Antanas Sutkus
  Passage: Antanas Sutkus (born 27 June 1939) is a Lithuanian photographer.  He is a recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts and Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.  Sutkus was one of the co-founders and a president of the Lithuanian Association of Art Photographers (Lithuanian: "Lietuvos fotografijos meno draugija" ).
  Title: Columns of Gediminas
  Passage: The Columns of Gediminas or Pillars of Gediminas are one of the earliest symbols of Lithuania and one of its historical coats of arms.  They were used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, initially as a rulers' personal insignia, a state symbol, and later as a part of heraldic signs of leading aristocracy.  During the period between World War I and World War II they were used by the Lithuanian Republic as a minor state symbol, e. g. on Litas coins and military equipment.
  Title: Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
  Passage: 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.
  Title: Arvydas Každailis
  Passage: Arvydas Stanislavas Každailis (born 4 April 1939, in Baisogala) is a Lithuanian artist, best known as the creator of many coat of arms for cities and towns of Lithuania.  For his achievements in Lithuanian art, he was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas in 1999.
  Title: Viktorija Daujotytė
  Passage: Viktorija Daujotytė-Pakerienė is a Lithuanian literary critic and philologist.  She has written more than 30 scientific monographs, as well as essays and Lithuanian language textbooks for general education and higher education.  He has also written about culture, feminism, and society.  He was awarded the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, the fourth degree of the Order of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art, Unity, and National Progress, and other prizes.
citations: Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Columns of Gediminas