Cloth Seal, German, Osnabrück

Cloth Seal, German, Osnabrück, Image & Found by Peter Eggers.
Found near De Rijp, Netherlands, 30mm.

Scratched counting mark for 43 3/4 aunes - length of cloth (see Euro-Plombs)* overstamped with 1 twice // arms of Osnabrück, inscription possibly OSNABRUGGE around, overstamped with D twice

A cloth seal from Osnabrück.

See BSG.CS.00907 for the use of OSNABRUGGE on a seal.

See BSG.CS.01512 for seals from Alkmaar with similar D overstamps on.

* See BSG.CS.01028 & BSG.CS.01466 for other examples of cloth seals with this scratched line and dot system of length marking and p.52, Fig.81, Oostveen, J. van, 2017, Textielloden uit de bodem van Rotterdam, for a Leiden seal with the same incised counting mark.