Cloth Seal, German, Stendal

Cloth Seal, German, Stendal, Image & Found by Peter Eggers.
Found in Amsterdam in the 1980's, 19.5mm, 7.9g.

Demi-eagle displayed impaled with rhombus of four diamonds, (S T E N D A L)? around // geometric shape, (C I V I) T A S around

An opened cloth seal with the arms of Stendal, Germany.

See cat.nos. 26 - 30, Van Oostveen – Textiel Loden 1600-1625, "Textile seal lead belonging to the city of East Stendal, was once in the German Hanseatic List. It is currently located in the heart of the Atmark district in the north of Saxony-Anhalt. Seal probably dating from the beginning of the 17th century."Coat of arms of Stendal and border text ..NDAL / Geometrical figure with border text (C)IVI(TAS)"

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