Lithuania WW2 Patch LITAUEN ( Columns of Gediminas version) For Lithuanian Volunteers, measurements 55 x 65 mm. The Columns of Gediminas or Pillars of Gediminids 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.