Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 178?, Image by StuE, Found by Goretex.
Found in England, 20mm, 11.6g.
Russian Flax quality control seal.
First side:-
First line - N.P. = unknown initials.*
Second line - CFK12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 178? = date of assessment.
Second side:-
First line - obscured = initials for Inspection?
Second & Third line - ETB(I?)? = yeTV(I?)?
HEBЪ = NyeV name of quality control officer.
Fourth line - H68 = N68 = number of work station used by QA officer.
See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
