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English: An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating from the late medieval period. Only the plate of the buckle survives. It is rectangular and has two tabs which bend to for the hinge with the frame before extending into the back plate which is smaller than the front one. It is 44.9mm long, 29mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The decoration is two lions (?dogs) passant with one head, both with curving S tails and set in a rectangular border. The edge of the rectangle is beaded and the background is decorated with incised horizontal lines. There is an additional wavy line along the hinge edge. To the right of the lions are two rivet holes, one in each corner. One of the rivets is partially surviving. There is extensive gilding on the front. The metal has a heavy light green patina which is chipped in places revealing dark brown metal underneath. This buckle plate is almost identical to another on the database: WILT-5ECB50. This is paralleled by an example in Margeson (1993 fig.13 no.135) which is a similar example but with just one lion. This example dates from 1450-1500.