Russian, Soviet Union Seal, Image & Found by Jo Cook.
Found on Thames Foreshore, 18 x 13mm, 5g.
ГОС, .ПУШЯ.ЕА...СН.С ... around // hammer & sickle, Н.К.Б.... curving down ГОС curving up around
Hammer and Sickle suggest Soviet Union era.
From Ged Dodd, "The first ‘gostorgs’ were set up in the USSR [in Russian, CCCP] in April 1922. Gostorgs were responsible for the export of Soviet goods and the import of foreign goods into the Soviet Union. The word Gostorg is made up of parts of 2 Russian words: GOSudarstvenya, meaning 'state or government' and TORGovlya meaning 'trading company'. . (info from Paul Cannon) see at bottom of page - The PeaceHavens Project, Inland Trading Block Villages (with State Customs Tax Seals)"
