Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Duke Ernst Medal, Type II, Civil Division, with Case Auction Archive A Memorial Cross to Private

A Memorial Cross to Private Wright

bruising on the KSA

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

Footnote: Private First Class William G

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 A Memorial Cross to Private(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,