A GOOD QUALITY GEORGIAN OR VICTORIAN 4-PRONGED GOLD RIBBON BUCKLE, WITH ARTICULATED CENTRAL SWIVELING CLAW BAR, 1.783 inches (45.28mm) wide approx., 3.9 gr. Not hallmarked but tests positive for 9 carat gold. Only lightly worn from use, otherwise good condition.
Similar to the gold 4-pronged ribbon buckle seem on some Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) Gold Medals.
For a gold 4-pronged ribbon buckle on a Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck Gold Medal, see Spink auction 24001, Lot 141, the medal to Lieutenant James Lindsay, Royal Navy, the buckle on the medal to Lindsay being of slightly heavier gauge than the buckle offered here.
