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An enamel and gold railway badge on a muff chain
late 19th century

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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An enamel and gold railway badge on a muff chain

late 19th century
threaded with a chain to suspend a muff, the badge with city armorials presented to Anna Anisimovna Polyakova, the reverse commemorating the Khursk-Kharkov-Azov Railway Society dated 1868-1869, apparently unmarked length of toggle: 2.8 cm. (1 1/8 in.)

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The Khursk-Kharkov-Azov railway line was built by the Russian-Jewish magnate Samuel (Shmuel) Polyakov and opened in 1869.

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