Record ID: NMS-5FBDB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle apparently made from a strap-slide. Rectangular frame with convex sides, outside edge and attachment edge. There are two short internal projections. The outside edge is cast in the form of a stylised king's head longitudinally set with triple-lobed crown and large, angular nose. Sub-rectangular sheet plate with hole for large sheet pin, broken just past fold, front-plate missing, with a single copper alloy rivet at attachment end. The internal projections may be the remains of a broken transverse bar, the breaks made smooth as part of the repair, or …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.