Valstybės teatro garbės ženklas: istorija ir apdovanotieji
The Lithuanian State Theatre Badge of Honour: history and awarded persons

Summary/Abstract: The article is presenting the history of the inter-war Lithuanian State Theatre Badge of Honour. The badge was designed by Balys Lukošius, who was an actor and the Director of the Lithuanian State Theatre. The badge was firstly presented on the Lithuanian Independence Day, 16 Febru- ary 1937. The first person awarded the honorary badge of the Lithuanian State Theatre was the President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona. The first theatre artists awarded this badge were from Latvia, they were decorated on 25 February 1937. There were two kinds of the Badge of Hono- ur – Class I (gold) and Class II (silver). In the period of 16 February 1937 to 16 February 1939, 68 individuals were awarded this badge: 56 from Lithuania, 8 from Latvia, 4 from Estonia. The ceremony of decoration with the State Theatre Badge of Honour planned for 16 February 1940 did not take place – possibly because Viktoras Žadeika, who was the Director and Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian State Theatre, resigned from his position on 1 May 1939.

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