Helmet plate, officer, Royal West Kent Light Infantry Militia, 1878-1881

Die struck helmet plate in the form of an eight-pointed, rayed star with a circlet bearing the unit title, 'West Kent Light Infantry Militia', within a wreath of laurel. Within the circlet a stringed bugle horn within which is a horse rampant upon a scroll bearing the motto, 'Invicta'. The whole surmounted by a monarchial crown. On reverse a split pin fitting on each transverse point and crown.