confused on this medal: Lithuanian? Slovak? [solved]

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Here is a medal I have that I need a little assistance on translating the inscription.
Hello,

The language is Czech

I hope that helps you.

Regards,
leo
Ke čtyřicátému výročí záložení spolku “Komenský”
1872 Ve Vídni 1912

On the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the "Comenius" association
1872 In Vienna 1912

For the name giver of the association, apparently in his role as pedagogue:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amos_Comenius
Beautiful piece!!
Engraved by the czech sculptor and engraver Jan Cejka (1878-1925).
Active in Viena untill 1919 or 1920.; then he moved to Kremnica (now Slovak Republic) where he was chief-engraver of the mint of that city untill his dead.

Best regards
Pecuniae imperare oportet, non servire
Status changed to Solved (sekanman, 31-Jul-2021, 07:10)
thank you for all the information on this medal. tremendous assistance once again from this fantastic group of scholars.
have a nice weekend and health.
It's too fast and perfect, so just a addition:
https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=2805&lot=1142

Ivan

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