Swedish, Flour Bag Seal, Stora Walskvarn, Malmö, Flour Bag Seal
Swedish, Malmö, Flour Bag Seal, Stora Walskvarn, Image & Found by Mark Selby
Found in Kinross Scotland, 24 x 22mm.
Cross Pattée with inscription around - five pointed star MALMÖ ST??(A?)WALSQVRN // MAMÖ / REST / PATSN(T?)
Malmö is Sweden's third largest city.
Information from Stefanos Theologou:-
"Front: "MALMÖ STORA WALSKVARN”
Back: ”MALMÖ BEST PATENT
History:
Malmö Stora Walskvarn, founded in 1875, produces flour of rye and wheat, and bran in the mill in Malmö.
Malmö Stora Walskvarn founded the mill in Malmö 1881 There were stakeholders from Gothenburg and Copenhagen who got together and built a mill in Malmö. The construction took four years and the mill was completed in 1885. The mill was strategically located at the harbor and close to the railway to facilitate transportation. Large quantities of grain were imported from abroad, including Denmark, Germany and Poland, but also from India and the Americas, and the harbor was a prerequisite for the mill would work.
1888: 30-40 warehouses Workers
70-80 workers in total on the roll mill
1901 - Before the union:
Working 10.5 hours (06: 00-18: 00)
Salary 3 SEK/Shift
After the union:
10 hours (06: 00-18: 00, 30 min breakfast, 1.5 hours lunch)
Salary 33 öre/hour, 40 öre/first two hours of overtime, 50 öre for the remaining overtime hours."
