Helmet plate, other ranks, 5th Volunteer Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1887-1897

Die-struck white metal. A wreath of thistles surmounted by a Guelphic crown.
On the dexter side of the wreath is a sphinx resting on an heraldic wreath.
On the sinister side a dragon passant facing sinister upon an heraldic wreath. Within the wreath upon a voided ground, a stringed bugle horn surmounted by a mullet.
Across the base of the wreath, a frosted scroll bearing the burnished title, '5th Volr Battn', below which is a frosted scroll bearing the burnished title, 'The Scottish Rifles'.
The reverse bears three copper loop fittings, one behind the crown and one on either side of centre.