Gold and enamel railway jeton master's mark in Latin 'HW', St. Petersburg, 1899 circular form, mounted on top with the Russian Imperial crown, front decorated in translucent red enamel over the engine-turned ground and applied with princely crown, three coat-of-arms, and inscription in Cyrillic ' Samarkand-Andizhan railroad/1895-1899'; verso centred with enamel plaque showing Central Asian landscape and a train, border with enamel inscription in Cyrillic 'Sergei Petrovich Shchepot'ev'; on large suspension loop, 56 standard length with loop: 4.8cm (1 7/8in). Footnotes: Sergei Petrovich Shchepot'ev (born in 1862) was a nobleman, railroad engineer, and member of Technical Council at the Ministry of Railroad Operations. He began working at the agency in 1884. In 1916, he was awarded Order of St. Anna, 3rd Class (1897) and St. Stanislav (1st class) among other awards and medals. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com