Hello!
I would like to offer you bronze cast fittings for an Avar Belt. All the pieces can be seen in the first picture, and the set contains:
1x buckle
1x buckle plate
1x the "propeler" fitting (for a lack of a better term :D )
1x front piece of the strap end
1x back piece of the strap end
3x hole fittings/protectors
4x small strap ends for side straps
8x "laurel" fitting
8x little hanger to the laurel fitting
17x little belt fitting

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The completed belt is shown in the following pictures. Now, I was thinking what is the best way to do this, and I came up with three options:
1. cast fittings, for a DIY project - means you will get the fittings just as they are, and you need to drill the holes, fit it together
and put it on the belt. PRICE: 188E/224USD + shipping
2. finished fittings - I drill the holes, fit the pieces together, and take care of the surface finish, you need to put it on the belt
PRICE: 264E/315USD
3. finished, completed belt, you just unpack it and wear it :) PRICE: 340E/407USD

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Thanks for posting, and beautiful work! I think the price is reasonable for the quality one would receive (they look like great quality castings)! Now, I don't know much about Avar history. What time period would such a belt be from?

Yes, excellent work! Now here's MY question: What's the propeller 'spinny-thing' used for? I'm sure it had a practical purpose, besides making a dummy like me ask. :lol: .....McM

Hello gentlemen! Thank you both!
Avars were a nomadic culture, that had quite an impact on the geopolitical situation in Europe in 6th to ca 9th century :)

Mark - well, there are several theories (which is basically a fancy way of saying that nobody knows). The archeologist for whom was the belt originaly made believed that it is a sort of a more advanced hanger for things - you put a leather strap around it, and the sides of the propeler keep the strap from sliding or falling, so it could have been used for hanging a coinpurse, knife sheath etc...