Cloth Seal, Belgian, Ostend Seal

Cloth Seal, Belgian, Ostend Seal, Image & Found by MTC Cocoon Wim.
Found in the Oudenaarde region, East Flanders, Belgium, 28mm, 27.8g.

BUREAU / OOSTENDE // crossed sceptres crown above C left D below ? right

This rivet-type seal is usually attached to cloth.

From Sim, "So Bureau Ostende I think is a tax plate? with the cross from in the time of Maria Theresia of Austria? Apparently a douane customs seal which is found several times in Belgium for all the other larger cities also and not so old as i tought ... Let us say at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century ?

DVVL Forum, douaneloden

DVVL Forum, douaneloden

DVVL Forum, Loodjes

DVVL Forum, Loodjes"