The invention relates to a package made of a strapping strip with a raised metal strip, in particular for packaging equipment, having at least three turns of a loop and a free end located at the front end in the unwinding direction of the strip, and a A locking element which releasably connects the free end region of the metal strip with a section of another loop belonging to the metal strip or a reel, if any, and thereby prevents the same. The free end is loosened and the invention proposes that the detachable connection is designed as a closed form connection.