Cloth Seal, Belgian, Bruges

Cloth Seal, Belgian, Bruges, Image & Found by Ian Horton.
Found Essex/ Herts border, ?mm.

XXIX // 1 on arms of Bruges

Cloth seal from with a close facsimile of the arms of Bruges stamped on it. The number 1 may represent a tax or charge of some description. The Roman numerals could represent the length of cloth (29 ells).

See Euro-Plombs for a different example showing the Bruges coat of arms on a cloth seal.