A gold and enamel railway jeton, Workmaster Erik Kollin, St Petersburg, circa 1901

the front enamelled in emerald green over sunburst engine turning, and applied with a winged caduceus and white enamel oval with Cyrillic abbreviation S.P.V. Railway, the reverse engraved with numerous signatures and applied with enamel plaque dated 1894-1901, 56 standard

There is a minor chip to the front white enamel plaque and it is slightly loose. There is another very minor chip to the white enamel plaque on the reverse.
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Caduceus is a short staff entwined by two serpents surmounted by wings. In Roman iconography it was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Mercury, a god of trade, and because of this association caduceus also became recognised as a symbol of commerce and negotiation.