Belgian, Flour Bag Seal, Merxem / Merksem Mill

Belgian, Flour Bag Seal, Merxem / Merksem Mill, Image by StuE, Found by Kim Clarke.
Found in Suffolk, 20mm, 7.5g.

Blank centre, SOCIÉTÉ MOULINS * MERXEM *curving down, *MERXEM* curving up // 00

Merxem or Merkem is a town in the Belgian province West-Flanders. The symbol O on the reverse is often found on flour bags normally indicating a grade. Flour used to be categorised into '00', '0', '1' and '2' grades, '00' being the finest and whitest and working down to the almost wholemeal grade '2' flour.

See BSG.BS.01500 for other examples.

See Lost Belgian Mills for the mills history.