A Jetton for the Poti – Tbilisi Railway
Breast Badge, 40x25 mm, GOLD, the obverse with miniature enameled shield under the Russian Imperial crown, within scroll bearing the raised inscription “ПОТИ ТИФЛИССКАЯ ЖЕЛЗ. ДОРОГА” (“Poti-Tiflis Railway”), upper, openwork ornament in stylized Georgian folk style with suspension ring, below a similar ornament, pointing down; the reverse with miniature enameled coat of arms under the Russian Imperial eagle with enameled details, within scroll bearing the black enameled inscription “1867 ПРИТЧАРДЪ БЕЛИ 1874” (a dedicatory inscription to a certain Pritchard), struck with maker’s mark “LH” A Very rare commemorative jetton, for one of the most important railways created in the development of communications in the Russian empire, excellent condition. I RR!