Helmet plate, Victorian pattern, other ranks, Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, 1890 (c)

White metal badge with the Royal coat of arms within a garter bearing the motto, 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' (Shame on him who thinks evil of it), surmounted by a crown and lion crest; lion and unicorn supporters above scrolls bearing the motto, 'Dieu et Mon Droit' (God and My Right), above an artillery piece, with a scroll below, bearing the unit title, 'Cinque Ports Artillery Vols'.

When an invasion scare in 1859 led to a flood of volunteers forming new military units to defend Great Britain, artillery volunteers corps were formed. Units of the Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers were raised in Kent and Sussex with their headquarters at Dover.

Volunteer corps wore silver or white metal insignia, until the creation of the Territorial Force (TF) in 1908.