Article for identifying pieces of timber

An identification device for identifying pieces of timber, comprising:

• a flat, rigid support having an outer face, an inner face, an outer contour, manual holding tongue means for manually holding said device outside the striking zone of a hammer, and continuous fastening means extending inwardly of said inner face at said outer contour for embedding said device in the piece of timber to be identified, said inner face being adapted to be arranged against the piece of timber to be identified, and said fastening means defining a closed space and comprising at least two tabs inserted in said inner face;
• a flat element having an outer face and an inner face, all of said element being transparent, and said element being formed unitarily with said outer face of said support;
• information marks affixed to and facing said inner face of said element, wherein said information marks comprise a bar-code and are visible from said outer face of said element;
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• a flat label rigidly affixed under and against inner face of said element, said label having a marking face and an unmarked face and said information marks being located on said marking face of said label;
• wherein said flat element includes guiding means opposite and over said information marks for guiding an appliance for reading said information marks.