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LOCOMOTIVES & TRAINS. Sweden. Locomotive/60th Anniversary of the HNJ Railways Uniface Bronze Plaque, 1945. GEM UNCIRCULATED.
Dimensions: 69mm x 45mm; Weight: 93.67 gms. By L. Holmgren. Obverse: Winged genius, with arms and wings spread, on knees right above locomotive pulling four cars right; three coats-of-arms to left, map outline of the railways to right; HALMSTAD NÄSSJÖ JÄRNVÄGAR in exergue; Reverse: Blank. Edge: BRONS 1945. Glossy chocolate brown surfaces, with great original brilliance.
Dimensions: 69mm x 45mm; Weight: 93.67 gms. By L. Holmgren. Obverse: Winged genius, with arms and wings spread, on knees right above locomotive pulling four cars right; three coats-of-arms to left, map outline of the railways to right; HALMSTAD NÄSSJÖ JÄRNVÄGAR in exergue; Reverse: Blank. Edge: BRONS 1945. Glossy chocolate brown surfaces, with great original brilliance.
The Halmstad-Nässjö Järnvägar railway company owned and operated numerous lines in Sweden during the late 19th and early-mid 20th centuries, before being bought by the state in 1945-the year in which this plaque was issued.
Estimate: $75 - $150