BSG.CS.01608
BSGCS01608

BSG.CS.01608 — Cloth Seal, Belgian, Tournai

Cloth Seal, Belgian, Tournai, Image & Found by HolzHammer.

Found in ?, ?mm.

Tower with portcullis half raised and double turret on battlement foliate design to sides, possible inscription around // missing but partial fleur-de-lise stamp on rivet stub (cloth weave imprint on reverse of rivet disc)

The old arms of Tournai were often shown with turrets on the the main tower.

See Euro-Plombs for other examples.

See Musin, Toropov & Lozhkina, 2020, A cloth seal from Tournai found at Czermno in the European context for an in depth discussion of Tournai cloth seals.