Thursday, March 6, 2014

Coat of Arms series - 2

 2000 issue with the coat of arms of Raseiniai, Tauragė and Utena

 2001 issue with Lazdijai, Biržai and Veliuona

 2002 issue with Anykščiai, Prienai and Birštonas

The coat of arms of Anykščiai features Šv. Jonas Nepomukas (St. John of Nepomuk), the patron saint of bridges. He was Czech (Sv. Jan Nepomucký) and was the symbol of the Catholic Counter Reformation in the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania.


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