Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst Medal, Type II, Civil Division, with Case Auction Archive right side has two sliding

right side has two sliding leather belt loops and one row of ten factory-placed holes

later renamed Grenadier Regiment 423

A Medal For the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation: In silvered bronze

with the conjoined initials "NL" above "AEF" (American Expeditionary Force) on the spine and "PONT

Completing the dagger is a pommel consisting of a double-sided wreathed mobile swastika

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst Medal, Type II, Civil Division, with Case Auction Archive right side has two sliding(Herzog Ernst Medaille). Instituted 16 September 1906 by Duke Ernst I. (1906 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Ernst II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised monogram of Duke Ernst II, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 33. 48 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 5 grams,