NAM.1983-10-221-1

Officer's helmet plate, gilt, 1878-1881. Associated with 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot. Mounted on a slightly bombe Universal pattern backplate (eight-pointed star with top point displaced by a Victorian crown) is the Universal pattern frosted laurel wreath and round matt Garter with Garter motto. Mounted on the Garter at bottom centre is a silvered Chinese dragon which protrudes slightly above and below the curved lower section of the Garter. Mounted within the Garter on the relatively flat centre (covered with black velvet of modern appearance) at the top is a single silvered device consisting of the Prince of Wales's feathers and coronet and scrolls bearing the motto, 'Ich Dien'. Immediately below is mounted a single flat burnished silvered fitting consisting of the number, 'XCVIII', in Roman numerals.