French / Peruvian, Guano Seal, Dreyfus Brothers & Co

French / Peruvian, Guano Seal, Dreyfus Brothers & Co Seal, Image by StuE, Found by Cleveroonie.
Found in England, 21mm, 13.2g.

The cornucopia trade mark also used by the Ohlendorff Guano Company, and later the Anglo Continental Guano Company that took Ohlendorff over, sits in an inner circle of continuous pellets below the word DEPOSE (Depose is French for registered). It therefore appears to have been registered (in France) by the Drefyus Brothers. In the annulus formed by a further outer circle of continuous pellets is a French inscription:- GOUVERNEMENT DU PEROU with a cross pommelly. The other side has a similar annulus in the centre of which is the inscription in three straight lines:- GUANO DU PEROU. See BSG.BS.02038.