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Connect the same as the others and ignore the loop.
 
As westward says, but pay attention to the terminal markings.

Your old switch has Common, L1 and L2 in a triangle, with Common at the pointy end.

Your new switch ( ignoring loop, as it has no internal connections to the switch) Com is Common… same function. 1 way and 2 way are the L1 and L2… but you can see they’re in different positions. Just keep Common to Com, L1 to 1 way and L2 to 2 way.

Also you’ll notice both switches are orientated the same way up on the faceplate as separate entities… whereas your old switch was 2 switches built into one casing.
 

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