Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst II Medal, Type II, Civil Division Newly Listed blue enamel chipping on the

blue enamel chipping on the anchor

The breast flaps are closed by three magnetic metal buttons and two brown bakelite buttons on the right meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

they did receive the medal in cases where the claimant had died between their application and actual award

maker mark R

brooch pinback on reverse

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst II Medal, Type II, Civil Division Newly Listed blue enamel chipping on the(Herzog Ernst Medaille). Instituted 1 August 1909 by Duke Ernst II. (1909 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon configured into a parade mount with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Duke Ernst II, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of the former, situated within a circular laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring