Cloth Seal, French, Castres, Image & Found by Coinage Britannia.
Found near Watford, Hertfordshire, 26.5mm, 7.9g.
Crowned shield bearing in chief three fleur-de-lis, 16 76 to sides, CASTRES.MO(W?)... around // missing but on rivet head shield bearing in chief with three fleur-de-lis, main blazon below obscured.
The missing blazon is a barry pily of four argent and gules the arms of Castres.
The textile industry has thrived in the town since the 13th century.
