Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst II Medal, Type II, Civil Division visually-hidden 63mm (diameter) and weighing 40

63mm (diameter) and weighing 40

(House of Romanov)

circumscribed by the inscription WIEDERSEHENFEIER EHEM

A pair of grayscale works on paper

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst II Medal, Type II, Civil Division visually-hidden 63mm (diameter) and weighing 40(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