Two gold and champlevé enamel commemorative railway jetons, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1870

Two gold and champlevé enamel commemorative railway jetons, St Petersburg, period of Alexander II, circa 1870

One of round shape, surmounted by a crown with one side depicting coat of arms and the other side with the dates 1869-1870, for the opening of the railway line Kharkov-Kremenchuk, the other jeton of lozenge shape with one side depicting crowned Alexander II cypher, and the other with dates 1866-1869, with inscriptions for the Odessa-Kremenchuk and Kishinev-Tiraspol railway routes, both attached to a period fob chain, struck to loops throughout, maker's mark indistinct, 56 standard

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round jeton: height 3.1cm, 1 1/4 in.

lozenge-shaped jeton: 3.7cm, 1 1/2 in.