BSG.BS.01257 — Bernhard Back Söhne, Steam Mill, Szeged, Flour Bag Seal

Found in the Yorks / Lancs border area.

Seal with 5 O's in a ring on one side on the other German words - -GEDINER DAMPFM-- around the outside and in the middle on three lines - BEA?N- RA?SK SONNE?

From Folkert:- 'This is a flour seal,used by the Steam Mill Corporation situated at Berlin. This company was founded in 1888 and therefore I would date this seal about 1900.'

From Paul Cannon, "I would like to suggest an alternative reading and id of this seal. Around the edge starting at 6 o’clock SZEGEDINER DAMPFM[ÜHLE] And in the centre BERNH (is there a small ‘A’ below the H?) BACK SÖHNE The firm of Bernhard Back Söhne operated a major steam powered flour mill in the southern Hungarian city of Szeged (in German ‘Szegedin’). The following link to some printed material naming the firm and also illustrates the mill Bernhard Back Söhne A.G., SZEGED advert and Bernhard Back Söhne, Szegediner advert."