Belt buckle plaque engraved with wave and eyelet motifs framing a large cross finished with stylised horse heads. Five cabochons serve as rivets.

Belt buckle plaque engraved with wave and eyelet motifs framing a large cross finished with stylised horse heads. Five cabochons serve as rivets.
Bronze. Missing barb, reassembly of the mobile part.
France, Merovingian period, 6th-7th century.
L. : 14.5 cm.

A similar belt buckle found in the Necropolis of Hardenthun, preserved in the Museum of Boulogne sur Mer

Belt buckle engraved with wave patterns framing a large cross ending with stylized horse heads. Bronze. France, Merovingian period, 6th - 7th century. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.