Czech, Seed Control Seal, Prague, Image by StuE, Found by Dave Marvin.
Found near Colchester, Essex, 19mm, 13.0g.
PRAHA / 7, HE???SKA Z.R. * KONIR...N. SE around // lion rampant
Praha is Prague.
From Paul Cannon, "An official state seal attached to bags of seeds following testing at one of the various seed control stations in Prague. The left hand image reads in the Czech language (from 7 o’clock): KONTR. STAN. SEMENARSKA Z. R. around PRAHA / 7. ie Kontrolni Stanice Semenářská Zemědělské Rady = Control Station (no. 7) Seed Board of Agriculture, Prague. The right hand image has the distinctive Czech double-tailed lion.
For a Government Regulation of the Czechoslovak Republic dated 25 November 1919 about the trade arrangements of red clover and alfalfa seeds, which refers to the testing process and sealing see Ordinance of 25.11.1919 on the regulation of trade in the seeds of red clover and lucerne. Both imported and exported seeds were to be certified by the appropriate seed station for purity and germination. The seed control stations of the Seed Board of Agriculture for Bohemia were in Prague. Those for Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia under the Moravian Agricultural Research Institute were in Brno. For a similar seal from Control Station no: 2 see LovecPokladu.cz"
