Hungarian, Princess of Wales Flour Bag Seal, Image & Found by Simon Burt
Found near Hastings, 15mm, 5.6g.
(PRIN)CESS / (O)F WALES / ...O... // DAMPF / MÜHLEN, illegible inscription around
This seal is in the style of many similar flour bag seals from Hungary.
The principal industry of Hungary is flour-milling. The number of steam-mills, which in 1867 was about 150, rose to 1723 in 1895 and to 1845 in 1905. Between 3,000,000 and 3,200,000 tons of wheat-flour are produced annually. The principal steam-mills are at Budapest; large steam-mills are also established in many towns, while there are a great number of water-mills and some wind-mills. The products of these mills form the principal article of export of Hungary.
From Historical Text Archive - Austria-Hungary and Poland, A Short History of.