Cloth Seal, Dutch, Walcheren

Cloth Seal, Dutch, Walcheren, Image & Found by José de Sousa.
Found in the Algarve, Portugal, 43.5mm, 21.22g.

Arms of Zeeland, crowned shield bearing a lion half-emerged from water // WAL*CHERE(N) / STAEL, decoration above and below
* the AL is ligate

Walcheren is a former island in the province of Zeeland.

The stael mark usually applies to cloth that has met certain dying standards.