Medieval Clothes - belts, buckles, endings.

Belts

Belt was a necessary part of middle ages era clothing. There where not many situations when man in these times could be seen without belt and it was almost always extraordinary. So when you are thinking about medieval clothes, you also must remember about a belt – here is the place which can help with deciding it.

The variety of belts, buckles, endings, eyelets is really huge in preserved examples and iconography. Products in this category show only a small part of samples in this scope. There is always possibility to order something new on the base of iconography or archaeological finds. Of course you can order only metal elements to make the belt yourself or upgrade already possessed belt - in such a case please check Lost-wax moulded elements category.

B11. Knight's belt

A classic, late 14th c. knight's belt, the inspiration for this work was a tombstone of duke Henry II the Pious, done between 1383-85 (now in Franciscan Church of St. Jacob in Wroclaw).

This brass belt is 60mm wide, and joined by hinge and pin closing. Additionally it can be equipped with buckle and short strap to extend belt and allow to wear it over e.g. armour (or in another situation when there is a need of extra long). Markings ordered by customer are Wedel family coat-of-arms. The additional buckle and strap end are copied from Otto von Orlamünde tombstone.

Price: 450EUR for each 1 meter of belt length

B12. Knight's belt

The next late 14th c. knight's belt, where inspiration was a tombstone of duke Henry II the Pious, done between 1383-85 (now in Franciscan Church of St. Jacob in Wroclaw).

This brass belt is 60mm wide, and joined by hinges and pin closing. Decoration details are always a matter of customization and in this case there is a silver letter on each rectangle, together they create motto 'AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM'. There are also addtional hinges and pin that allow to make this belt shorter (without 'AD' part of the latin sentece)

Price: 600EUR for each 1 meter of belt length

B13. Knight's belt

Third late 14th c. knight's belt, where inspiration was also (like in B11 & B12) a tombstone of duke Henry II the Pious, done between 1383-85 (now in Franciscan Church of St. Jacob in Wroclaw).

This brass belt is 60mm wide, and joined by hinges and pin closing. Additional strap and buckle allow to extend the belt's length. Decoration details are always a matter of customization and in this case there is a letter on each rectangle, together they create motto 'SIC ITUR AD ASTRA'.

Price: 520EUR for each 1 meter of belt length

B14. Knight's belt

This belt replica is based on sculpture from fountain in Nürnberg.

Done in brass, 80mm wide, and closed by hinges and pin. Additional plaque with coat-of-arms extends belt length and allow to wear it over the armour. Decoration details are always a matter of customization and in this case there is a silvered letter on each rectangle, together they create motto 'NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE'.

Price: 550EUR for each 1 meter of belt length

B14 Knight's belt Sculpture in Nurnberg

B15. Knight's belt

The same as B14, this belt replica is mainly based on sculpture from fountain in Nürnberg, but the inspiration was also a figure from Bode-Museum in Berlin (this scultpure was also made in Nürnberg).

The belt was done in brass, is 60mm wide and closed with big (110m) lock. Three additional plaques alow to extends belt's length and wear it over the armour. Decoration details are always a matter of customization and in this particular case there are pictures of griffin, unicorn and devil engraved on plaques. Lock is decorated with Wedel family coat-of-arms.

Price: 500EUR for each 1 meter of belt length