Kujbusné Mecsei Éva - Mykhailo Mishuk (szerk.): Bereg vármegye pecsétjei - A Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Levéltár Kiadványai II. Közlemények 47. (Nyíregyháza, 2017)
The old-new image on the seal is the following: ’’the round signet, hanging on a gold chain, is proportionally divided into four fields by a silver Greek cross. In field 1, which is blue, there is a silver bunch of grapes with a green leaf on a golden twig. In field 2, which is red, there are three acorns and a green leaf on a golden twig of oak. In field 3, which is red, there is a golden bear in erect position, with its red tongue stretching out of its mouth, facing to the left. In field 4, which is blue, there are two silver fish, floating above each other.”38 What a seal looked like was determined by the orders of the county assembly. 39 The new signed was manufactured upon the reception of the charter with which the seal was officially granted to the county. The round face of the signet was made of gold, and the handle of ivory. Both signets were ornamented with flowers and leaves. In accordance with the traditions, the signets were stored in richly ornamented caskets. They had the names of the officials engraved into the cover of the casket, from the prefect to the jurors. The side of the casket carries the following inscription: ’’Made to the order of the estates of Beregh, from the funds of the Officials. Ordered under no. 1033 as specified by the Notary at the session of the assembly on the 5th of St Michael’s month, in the year of our Lord 1836.”40 41 It became a part of the Kassa District between 1851 and I860. During the War of Independence of 1848—1849, the administration of the Empire was transformed, and Bereg county became a part of the Kassa District between 1851 and 1860. The individual seals of the counties were repleaded by a new, standard seal, with the double-eagle and a German inscription: ”K. k. Komitatsbehörde zu Bereg-Ugocsa”. It was only in 1861 when the county was allowed to use its old seal again. It was the responsibility of the vice-prefect to store the seal of the county. Gyula Jobszty handed over the office of the vice-prefect, together with the seal, to István Gulácsy at the spring session of the county assembly in 1905. Gulácsy, as vice-prefect of Bereg county, preserved the seal for 19 years. After World War I, the new system of administration of Hungary took its final shape by 1924. At the county assembly held at Tarpa on the 2nd of January of that year the creation of Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg county was officially announced.11 On that occassion, István Gulácsy, vice-prefect of Bereg county handed over ’the ancient golden signet of the county” to Dr. Andor Streicher, new vice-prefect of the county.42 38 Imre Csáky: A magyar királyság vármegyéinek címerei a XVIII-XIX. században. Budapest, 1995. 87. 39 Szabolcs received the circular on the 5th of September 1837, and announced it at the county assembly. MNL SZSZBML, IV. A. 1.37. cs. 645. db. 1837. 40 János Bene: Bereg vármegye aranypecsétje. Kelet-Magyarország, 1988. október 22. 7. 41 Tire new county came into being from the parts of Bereg and Ugocsa counties that remained in Hungary. The larger parts of the two counties, as well as Ung and Máramaros counties were ceded to the Republic of Czechoslovakia as part of the peace treaty signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the 19th of September 1919. 42 http://www.sulinet.hu/oroksegtar/data/100_falu/Tarpa/pages/012_a_csonka_varmegye.htm (accessed 2 March 2016)
